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Fitzgerald Backround Research

  • Born

    Born
    He was born on September 24th 1896 in St Paul Minnesota
  • Joined the Army

  • Graduated from Princeton

    Graduated as a member of the 1917 Princeton class
  • Zelda

    Met Zelda Sayre who was a daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge
  • Quit his Job

    Returned to St Paul to rewrite his novel
  • Went to New York

    Zelda broke off engagement because she was unwilling to live off of his small salary.
  • Discharged from Army

  • Novel accepted

    His novel was accepted by Maxwell Perkins
  • Married to Zelda

    Married to Zelda
    One week after his book was published Fitzgerald and Zelda were married and living in New York
  • Wrote Second Novel

    Fitzgerald wrote his second novel called The Beautiful and Damned.
  • Had Francis Scott Fitzgerald

    Had Francis Scott Fitzgerald
  • Returned to St Paul

    Zelda became pregnant so they moved back.
  • Went to France

    Went to France
    Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby
  • Returned to Paris

    Intense ballet training damaged Zelda’s health.
  • Completed Third Novel

    Completed Third Novel
    Completed Tender is the Night.
    Mirroring his and Zelda’s relationship at the time.
  • Moved to Hollywood

    He moved to Hollywood alone to work with MGM as a screen writer.
  • He died

    He died
    Died from a heart attack