Scott Fritzgerald Timeline

  • September 24th, 1896

    September 24th, 1896

    F. Scott Fritzgerald is born in St. Paul Minnesota
  • 1917

    1917

    Dropped out of Princeton in 1917 to join the army
  • 1918

    1918

    Fritzgerald meets his wife, Zelda
  • 1919

    1919

    Fritzgerald is discharged from the army and begins writing for the Saturday Evening Post
  • 1920

    1920

    “This Side of Paradise” was written by Fritzgerald and gets published
  • One week later

    One week later

    Fritzgerald and Zelda get married
  • October 1921

    October 1921

    Fritzgerald and Zelda have a daughter named Frances
  • 1925

    1925

    “The Great Gatsby” is published
  • April 1930

    Zelda suffers first breakdown
  • 1932

    Zelda has a second breakdown
  • 1934

    1934

    Fritzgerald completes “Tender is the Night”
  • 1936-1937

    “Crack-up years” for Fritzgerald
  • 1938

    Freelance writer for Esquire
  • 1939

    1939

    Fritzgerald begins to write “The Love of the Last Tycoon” but never finishes
  • December 21st, 1940

    F. Scott Fritzgerald dies