Scott Fitzgerald

By Valen_O

  • Born

    In St Paul Minnesota on September 24th 1896

  • Scott Fitzgerald publishes his first story

    His story is published in the school newspaper at St Paul Academy

  • Scott Fitzgerald attended Princeton

    He wrote musicals and published pieces in the Princeton magazine
  • Scott Fitzgerald joins the army

    Scott Fitzgerald joins the army

    His academics suffered so Scott had to drop out after 3 years and join the army

  • Met his wife

    Scott Fitzgerald met his wife, because he was stationed at Camp Sheridan, Zelda refused to commit to a relationship until she was sure he had enough money to support her

  • Scott Fitzgerald was discharged from the army

    He moved to New York City after being discharged from the army
  • Publishes his first novel

    Publishes his first novel

    The novel known as ‘This Side of Paradise’. It was a bestseller immediately and he became incredibly wealthy
  • He asks Zelda to marry him

    He asks Zelda to marry him

    Only a week after publishing the book, he felt comfortable to ask Zelda to marry him

  • Sold over 50,000 copies

  • Fitzgerald moved to France

    He did so to try and spark his creativity
  • The Great Gatsby is published

    The Great Gatsby is published

    This is deemed his greatest work
  • Tender is the night

    Tender is the night

    Another one of Fitzgerald’s novels

  • Fitzgerald became less and less successful

    He went to Hollywood to write screenplays

  • He just wanted to make money quick

    This was because he wanted to focus on writing novels

  • The Last Tycoon

    When Fitzgerald was halfway done with writing it he passed away due to a heart attack