F. Scott Fitzgerald

  • Birth

    Birth
    Fitzgerald was born on September 24 1896
  • Army

    Army
    Because of his academic probation that lead him to join the army in 1917
  • School

    Fitzgerald went to Princeton and was put on academic probation for spending more time on his writings than school.
  • First novel

    In 1917 Fitzgerald released his first novel Romantic Egotist
  • Zelda

    Zelda
    In June 1918 he was assigned to a camp where he met Zelda Sayer
  • Discharged

    In 1919 Fitzgerald was discharged from the army
  • Moving

    Fitzgerald moved back to St Paul Minnesota and released his novel This Side Of Paradise.
  • This Side Of Paradise

    A week after This Side Of Paradise was produced Fitzgerald married Zelda in New York
  • Baby!!

    Baby!!
    Zelda became pregnant a year after they were married. They had one baby girl named Francis Scott Fitzgerald
  • Moving

    The Fitzgerald's moved closer to Broadway because he had written a play called "vegetable. The play ended up failing and Fitzgerald got out of debt with writing short stories.
  • Moving

    In 1924 the Fitzgerald's moved to France where he wrote the Great Gatsby, they remained in France until 1926
  • Moving back to America

    To focus on his writing Fitzgerald and his family moved back to America for 2 years.
  • Ballet

    2 years after they came back to America Zelda had started taking ballet lessons to become a professional dancer. They ended up moving back to France for more intense training.
  • Hospital

    In April 1930 Zelda had her first breakdown and went to the hospital and stayed there for a year.
  • Hospital pt 2

    During Zelda's time in the hospital and after Fitzgerald released his 4th novel called Tinder Is The Night
  • Hard Times

    The years 1936-1937 Fitzgerald couldn't produce anything due to his alcoholism. Fitzgerald also couldn't provide a proper home for his daughter and she was sent to boarding school at age 14.
  • Death

    Death
    In 1940 Fitzgerald passed away from a heart attack halfway through his last novel