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F. Scott Fitzgerald

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  • The Fitzgerald family moves

    The Fitzgerald family moves
    Fitzgerald’s father later takes a job that moves the family to New York. After the birth of Fitzgerald.

  • Birthdate

    Birthdate
    Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Edward and Mary Fitzgerald.

  • The Fitzgerald family moves back

    The Fitzgerald family moves back
    The Fitzgerald family moves back to St. Paul after Fitzgerald’s father loses his job.

  • Fitzgerald attends St. Paul Academy

    Fitzgerald attends St. Paul Academy
    He publishes his first piece of writing, at the age of 13. The piece is a detective story published in the school newspaper.

  • Fitzgerald attends the Newman School

    Fitzgerald attends the Newman School
    A Catholic preparatory school in Hackensack, New Jersey.

  • Fitzgerald enters Princeton University

    Fitzgerald enters Princeton University
    He writes for The Princeton Tiger, the school’s humor magazine. At Princeton he becomes a leading figure in literary life and writes scripts for the Triangle Club, a drama club at the university.

  • Joins the army

    Joins the army
    During the summer of 1918 he is stationed near Montgomery, Alabama, and meets Zelda Sayre, daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge.

  • Fitzgerald moves to new york

    Fitzgerald moves to new york
    He lands a job at an advertising agency, making $90 a month. He works there for several months.

  • Fitzgerald and Zelda get married

    Fitzgerald and Zelda get married
    He marries Zelda in April. They become a celebrated couple. Writer Ring Lardner describes them as the prince and princess of their generation.

  • First book is published

    First book is published
    His first book, This Side of Paradise, is published. The novel brings him fame and money.

  • Second book published

    Second book published
    Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, is published. Tales of the Jazz Age, a collection of short stories, is also published.

  • The Fitzgerald’s moves to riviera

    The Fitzgerald’s moves to riviera
    The Fitzgeralds, leave for France. After spending some time in Paris, the family moves to the Riviera.

  • The great gatsby

    The great gatsby
    While in France, Fitzgerald completes his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby.

  • Zeldas breakdown

    Zeldas breakdown
    Zelda suffers a mental breakdown in 1930. She spends the next year in European clinics. After she is released in 1931, they move back to the United States. She has a second breakdown in 1932 from which she never fully recovers.

  • Zeldas novel

    Zeldas novel
    She publishes her first and only novel, Save Me the Waltz, which is based on the Fitzgeralds’ troubled marriage.

  • Fitzgerald’s death

    Fitzgerald’s death
    Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood on December 21, 1940.