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Birth
Fitzgerald was born in Paul, Minnesota. -
School
Fitzgerald was 15 years old when his parents sent his to the Newman school, a prestigious catholic preparatory in new jersey. he met his father there. -
Continuing Education
after graduating from the Newman school in 1913, Fitzgerald decided to stay in new jersey to continue his artistic development at Princeton university. -
Army
in 1917, he dropped out of school to join the U.S army. -
Jazz Age Romance
Fitzgerald fell in love with 18 year old Zelda Sayre. -
The First
fitzgeralds first noval, This side of paradise was finally published. -
Children
they had one child, a daughter named Frances Scott Fitzgerald, bornm in 1921 -
The novel about the unraveling
The Beautiful and Dammed was written. -
Travel
In 1924, Fitzgerald moved to France. -
Popular Success
The Great Gatsby was written. -
Fall and Redemption
Zelda began the first of many hospital stays for mental illness. -
Illness
In 1930, Zelda suffered another breakdown and was treated at the Sheppard Pratt Hospital in Towson, Maryland, and that same year was admitted to a mental health clinic in Switzerland. -
Tender is the Night
In 1934, after years of hard work, Fitzgerald finally published his fourth novel, Tender is the Night, about an American psychiatrist in Paris, France, and his troubled marriage to a wealthy patient. -
Trying again
in 1937 Fitzgerald attempted to revive his career as a screenwriter and freelance story writer in Hollywood, and he achieved modest financial, if not critical, success for his efforts. -
Mourning
F. Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack at age 44.
