Scott Fitzgerald

  • Birth

     Birth
    Scott Fitzgeralf was born in Saint Paul MInnesoda. His parents were named Edward and Molly Fitzgerald.
  • The First Novel

    The First Novel
    Scott Fitzgerald wrote his first Novel in late 1917 titled the romantic egotist.
  • Joining the Army

    Fitzgerald joined the army in 1917 after being put on Academic probation
  • Zelda Sayre

    After being assigned to a new camp, he met a woman named Zelda Sayre and assumably fell in love
  • Leaving his Job

    He quit his job so he could move back home and rewrite his novel. Later that year, it managed to get accepted.
  • Marriage

    Marriage
    Scott Fitzgerald got married to Zelda.
  • First Child

    His first child was born in October of 1921, prompting them to move back to his home town.
  • France

    In spring of 1924, Fitzgerald and his family moved to France.
  • Back to America

    Back to America
    Fitzgerald moved back to America at the end of 1926 in order for Scott Fitzgerald to focus on his novels better. For the next two years, they lived in Delaware.
  • More France

    In the spring of 1929, the Fitzgeralds moved back to France so Zelda could do some very intense ballet training.
  • America, yet again

    The family moved back to America yet again where Zelda proceeded to have some sort of mental breakdown that lead to hospitalization.
  • A New Novel

    Fitzgerald completed his fourth novel, Tender is The Night.
  • All Alone

    Scott Fitzgerald moved to Hollywood without his family in 1937 so he could work as a screenwriter.
  • The Love Of The Last Tycoon

    The Love Of The Last Tycoon
    Fitzgerald began working on his last novel, The love of the Last Tycoon in 1939, of which he only completed about half.
  • Death

    Scott Fitzgerald died of a heart attack in 1940.