F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Born

    Born
    St. Paul, Minnesota
  • US Army Service

    US Army Service
    left school to report for duty at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
  • Met Zelda Sayre

    Met Zelda Sayre
    Met at country club in Montgomery, Alabama
  • First novel published, "This Side of Paradise", marries Zelda a week later

  • "Flappers and Philosophers"

    first publication of his first short story
  • First Fitzgerald trip to Europe

    spent time in England, France, and Italy
  • Birth of Frances Scott Fitzgerald

    Birth of Frances Scott Fitzgerald
    only child
  • "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"

    published
  • "the beautiful and damned"

  • Move to Paris

  • Met Ernest Hemingway

    met at a bar in Paris
  • "The Great Gatsby"

    published
  • Last story for, "Saturday Evening Post"

    "Trouble", Fitzgerald's last story for the "Saturday Evening Post", is published
  • Move to Hollywood

  • Death

    Death
    Hollywood, California