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F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 4th, 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota on the second floor of 481 laurel avenue. His parents were Edward and molly Fitzgerald. -
His academics
He failed as a student and was put on academic probation which motivates him to join the army where he made his first ever poem -
His first love
He went to camp share in Montgomery, Alabama he met Zelda Sayer the youngest of all the Supreme Court judge kids -
Wanting to marry her
He went to New York to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda but she broke off the engagement after not willing to live off poor salary -
Going back to writing
He quit his job and returned to St. Paul to write his novel this side of paradise it follows the life of Amery Blaine it was accepted by editor Mackful Perkins -
Officially begins career as a writer
Becomes a writer for the Saturday evening post which became his best story market -
Finally married
After his novels go big Zelda accepts him back and they get married -
Moving states
The Fitzgeralds move cities to New York where he writes another novel the beautiful and damned -
Zelda becomes pregnant
Zelda becomes pregnant a year after they become married which motivated them to move back to St. Paul -
They move again
They move to great neck Long Island to live next to broadway where he tries to write a play but it fails so he makes a bunch of short stories -
Writes the great gaspy
The Fitzgeralds rent the Villa Marie in Saint-Raphaël on the French Riviera. Scott writes The Great Gatsby. -
The Great Depression hits
The Great Depression brings smaller fees for Scott’s short stories, the family's only reliable income. Zelda and Scott’s love survives these calamities. -
Zelda starts writing
The Fitzgeralds return to Montgomery. Scott spends months in Hollywood working on a script for Red-Headed Woman. While he’s gone, Zelda begins a novel and writes several short stories. -
Scott passes away
Scott dies suddenly of a heart attack, age 44. Still the bench mark for talent and elegant prose, Scott’s literary legacy includes 5 novels and 170 short stories which are enjoyed the world over. The Last Tycoon, Scott’s unfinished novel about Hollywood, is published posthumously, in 1941. -
Zelda dies
Zelda dies in Asheville. Her vibrant paintings are among the few tangible mementos of Scott & Zelda’s lives.
