Scott Fitzgerald Background Research

  • Scot Fitzgerald Birth

    Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota
  • First Story Published

    Just at the age of 13, Scott published his first story in the school newspaper at St. Paul academy.
  • Attended Princeton

    Whilst attending Princeton Scott wrote musicals and also published pieces in the Princeton Tiger Humor magazine.
  • Joined The Army

    Scott’s academics began to suffer at Princeton therefore he left to join the army.
  • Met His Wife Zelda

    Met His Wife Zelda
    Scott met his wife while he was in the army. He was stationed near where she had lived.
  • Army Discharge

    He was discharged from the army and went on to move to New York City
  • “This Side of Paradise”

    “This Side of Paradise”
    “This side of paradise” became the novel of the century selling over 50,000 copies.
  • Published His First Novel

    Sharply after he moved to New Your City he published his very first novel “This Side of Paradise”. This novel became a best seller and made Scott incredibly wealthy.
  • Marriage of Scott and Zelda

    Marriage of Scott and Zelda
    Just a week after Scott published “this side of paradise” he asked Zelda to marry him.
  • Francis Scott Fitzgerald Birth

    Shortly after Scott and Zelda got married they had their daughter called Francis Scott Fitzgerald.
  • Moved to France

    Scott moved to France in hopes that it would spark his creativity.
  • Published “The Great Gatspy”

    Published “The Great Gatspy”
    Just a year after he moved to France Scott published his greatest work, “The Great Gatsby”.
  • “Tender Is The Night”

    “Tender Is The Night”
    Scot published “Tender is The Night” as well as many other novels but none had topped “The Great Gatsby”
  • Moved to Hollywood

    Scott moved to Hollywood to write screen plays in order to make as much money and as quickly as possible so he could leave town again and continue to right novels.
  • Scott Fitzgerald Passing

    Scott Fitzgerald passed of a heart attack.