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Birth
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota on the second floor of 481 Laurel Ave, to Edward and Molly Fitzgerald -
The Army
Fitzgerald often neglected his academic studies for his literary training. Due to him not doing very well in school, he decided to join the army. -
Zelda Sayre
He was assigned to Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama where he met Zelda Sayre, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge. -
Discharged From The Army
Discharged from the Army, Fitzgerald went to New York City to marry Zelda, but she broke off the engagement after being unwilling to live off his small salary. -
“This Side of Paradise”
Fitzgerald quit his job and returned to St. Paul to rewrite his novel as “This Side of Paradise”, which is set mainly at Princeton and follows the life of Amory Blaine. -
The Novel is Accepted
The novel was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins of Scribners. -
His Career Commences
He officially commenced his career as a writer of stories for the mass circulation magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, which would become his best story market. -
Marriage
A week after “This Side of Paradise” was published Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre we’re married in New York. -
First Child
Zelda Fitzgerald became pregnant a year after their marriage, which motivated the couple to return to St. Paul for the birth of their only child, Francis Scott Fitzgerald. -
“The Vegetable”
The Fitzgeralds moved to Great Neck Long Island in order to be near Broadway because Fitzgerald had written a play called “The Vegetable”. The play failed at its tryout and Fitzgerald wrote his way out of debt with short stories. -
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“The Great Gatsby”
The Fitzgerald went to France where “The Great Gatsby” was written. F Scott revised “The Great Gatsby while in Rome during the winter. -
“Tender Is The Night”
Fitzgerald completed his fourth novel, “Tender is The Night”, which examines the deterioration of the marriage between an American psychiatrist and a wealthy mental patient. -
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“Crack-up Years”
This was the time period in which Fitzgerald experienced alcoholism and an inability to write commercial stories. -
Zelda’s First Breakdown
Zelda suffered her first breakdown and was treated at Pragins Clinic in Switzerland until September 1931. During this time, Fitzgerald had to pause on his novel, and write more short stories to pay for her psychiatric treatment. -
Death
Fitzgerald was more than half of the way through the novel “The Love of the Last Tycoon” draft when he died from a heart attack.
