Lesson 3.03

By Isaiah Mccottry

  • Birth

    Birth
    He was born September forth 1896 in Minnesota

  • Education

    Education
    He was a member of the Princeton class of 1917

  • Army

    He put on academic probation, which motivated him to join the army in 1917.

  • Job

    In June 1918 he was assigned to a Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama. Where he met Zelda his future wife.

  • Writing career

    He officially commenced his career as a writer for the circulation magazines around the end of 1919.

  • “This side of Paradise”

    “This side of Paradise”
    He quiet his job at 1919 and started rewriting “This side of paradise” which follows the life of Amory Blaine.

  • Pregnancy

    Pregnancy
    Zelda got pregnant with their only child Francis Scott in 1920. They returned to St.Paul for her birth.

  • Marriage

    Marriage
    He was married in New York with Zelda a week after “This side of paradise” was published in 1920.

  • Breakdown

    In April of 1937 his wife suffered her first breakdown where she had to be treated at Prague’s clinic till September 1931.

  • “Tender is the Night”

    “Tender is the Night”
    He completed his fourth novel “Tender is the Night” in 1934 which mirrored the relationship between Zelda and him during the time it was written.

  • Hollywood

    He moved to Hollywood alone at the summer of 1937 to work with MGM as a screenwriter until 1938.

  • His last novel

    His last novel
    He began writing “The love of the last Tycoon” in 1939.

  • Death

    Death
    after writing more than half of the book “ The love of the last tycoon” he died from a heart attack on December 21st of 1940.