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Birth
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896, in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
Name sake
F Scott Fitzgerald‘s namesake was his cousin three times removed Francis Scott key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner which is the national anthem of the United States -
School
In 1911, when Fitzgerald was 15 years old, his parents sent him to the Newman School, a prestigious Catholic preparatory school in New Jersey -
College
After graduating from the Newman School in 1913, Fitzgerald decided to stay in New Jersey to continue his artistic development at Princeton University. -
Joining the army
in 1917, he dropped out of school to join the U.S. Army. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant. He narrowly missed serving in world war 1 -
Marriage breakdown
In the late 1920s Zelda suffered a mental breakdown and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. She spent the rest of her life in and out of various mental hospitals. -
Moving
He never lived in the same place for a few years. Despite earning a small fortune he lived all over the world and mainly on the east side of the United States. -
This side of Paradise
This side of Paradise was Fitzgerald‘s first famous novel and was given glowing reviews. This side of Paradise put Fitzgerald on the spotlight for all readers across the country and he achieved it only at the age of 24 -
Short stories
Beginning at the start of his career in the 1920s until his death Fitzgerald wrote many short stories to accompany his long novels stories like winter dreams and Bernice bobs her hair -
Marriage
F. Scott Fitzgerald married Zelda Sayre on April 3, 1920, in New York City. -
The beautiful and the damned
Beautiful in the Damned was the second I cleaned novel of Fitzgerald‘s it was published in 1922. -
The great Gatsby
The great Gatsby is easily the most well-known book of F Scott Fitzgerald. Although at the time it was published it was well received it wasn’t until the 1950s and 60s until it was seen as a masterpiece and a piece of literary genius -
Alcoholism
Always a heavy drinker, he progressed steadily into alcoholism and suffered prolonged bouts of writer's block. After two years lost to alcohol and depression -
Unraveling
in 1937 Fitzgerald attempted to revive his career as a screenwriter and freelance storywriter in Hollywood, and he achieved modest financial, if not critical, success for his efforts before his death in 1940. -
Death
Fitzgerald died of a heart attack on December 21, 1940, at the age of 44, in Hollywood, California. Fitzgerald died believing himself a failure, since none of his works received more than modest commercial or critical success during his lifetime.