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Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota.
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Fitzgerald published his first piece in the St. Paul Academy school news paper at age 13.
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Attends Princeton but joins the army instead of graduating due to an academic probation.
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In 1919 Fitzgerald was discharged from the Army.
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Fitzgerald published ‘The Side Of Paradise’ and becomes a celebrity overnight. -
Fitzgerald and Zelda get married a week after his first publishing ‘This Side Of Paradise.’ -
The Fitzgeralds welcome their only child Frances Scott into the world. -
Fitzgerald publishes ‘The Great Gatsby.’ -
Fitzgerald attempts writing his fourth novel and multiple screenplays but none of them make him much money.
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Zelda suffers a breakdown and enters Johns Hopkins Hospital. She spends the rest of her life in mental hospitals.
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Fitzgerald publishes ‘Tender is the Night.’ -
Fitzgerald and his daughter live in hotels because he is not consistently able to keep up with rent and mortgage. His daughter eventually is raised by friends so she can attend boarding school.
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Fitzgerald falls in love with Sheilah Graham.
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Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Sheilah Grahams apartment.
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‘The Great Gatsby’ becomes a literary classic.