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1937 BCE
First breakdown
Fitzgerald suffered her first breakdown and was treated at Pragins Climic on Switzerland until September. Scott’s work on his novel was paused once more to write short stories to pay for her psychiatric treatment. -
Date of birth
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24th 1896 -
Place of Birth
St. Paul Minnesota on the second floor for 481 Laurel Avenue to Edward and Molly Fitzgerald. -
Princeton Tiger
Member of the Princeton class, Fitzgerald neglected his academic studies for his literary training, such as a contributor to the Princeton Tiger humor magazine. -
Army
Due to his failure as a student, he was put on academic probation, which motivated him to join the army. -
First novel
He wrote his first novel, “The Romantic Egotist” which was rejected by Charles Scribners Sons. -
Zelda Sayer
Fitzgerald was assigned to Camp Sheridan near Montgomery, Alabama where he met Zelda Sayer, the youngest daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court Judge. -
career
Fitzgerald officially commenced his career as a writer of stories for the mass circulation magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, which would become his best story market. -
NYC
Discharge from the Army, Fitzgerald went to New York City to seek his fortune in order to marry Zelda. She broke off the engagement menu after being unwilling to live off his small salary. -
“This Side of Paradise”
Scott quit his job and returned to St. Paul to rewrite his novel as “ This Side of Paradise”. The novel was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins. -
Married
Fitzgerald and Zelda Sayre got married in New York, a week after his novel was published. -
“The Beautiful and Damned”
The Fitzgerald’s moved to NYC, where Scott wrote his second novel. -
Francis Scott
Zelda became pregnant a year after their marriage, it motivated the couple to return to St.Paul for the birth of their only child. Francis Scott was born October of 1921. -
“The Vegetable”
The Fitzgerald’s moved to Great Neck Long Island in order to be near Broadway because Fitzgerald had written a play called “The vegetable”. -
France
The Fitzgerald’s went to France where “The Great Gatsby” was written. The family were on route to Paris when the novel was published. F Scott’s achievement received critical praise, but the sales of the novel were disappointing. They remained in France until end of 1926. -
Ballet
The Fitzgerald’s retuned to America where they rented out a mansion in Delaware for two years. During this time Zelda gabs ballet training with the hopes of becoming a professional dancer. -
Paris
The family moved back to Paris in the spring, where her intense ballet training damaged her health. -
Relapsed
This family retuned back to America where Zelda relapsed a year later and entered John Hopskins Hospital in Baltimore. -
“Tender Is The Night”
Fitzgerald finished his fourth novel, which examine the deterioration of the marriage between an American psychiatrist and a wealthy mental patient. -
Boarding school
Fitzgerald’s life has been categorized as the crack up years due to his alcoholism and his inability to write commercial stories. After their stay in Baltimore, he didn’t maintain a home for Scottie and she was sent to boarding school at the age of 14. -
Hollywood
Scott moved to Hollywood alone to work with MGM as a screenwriter until 1938 where he began to work as a freelance script writer for esquire. He began working on his novel “The love as the last tycoon” in 1939. -
Death
F Scott died from a heart attack on December 21st.