F Scott Fitzgerald

  • Birth

    Birth
    Born in St. Paul Minnesota
  • College

    College
    Enters Princeton university with class of 1916
  • Camp Sheridan

    Scott is stationed at camp Sheridan near mountgomery expecting to die in the trenches and Europe
  • Scott meets Zelda

    Scott meets Zelda
    They meet at a country club dance is Alabama
  • Zelda accepts marriage proposal

    Zelda accepts marriage proposal
  • First novel

    A week before the wedding Scott’s first novel is published
  • Publishes first collection of short stories

  • Wedding

    Wedding
  • Europe

    Europe
    Scott and Zelda travel to Europe before their first baby is born
  • Hollywood California

    Scott except work as a screen writer for metro Goldwyn Mayer and Hollywood hoping this will be his second act
  • Hollywood

    MGN does it renew Scott’s contractTurns to green brilliant and humorous Pat hobby series about deadbeat screen writers
  • End of life

    Scott dies of a heart attack at the age of 44
    Still benchmark for talent and elegant prince Scott’s literary legacy includes five novels and 170 short stories
  • Zelda dies

    She dies in Asheville North Carolina