Scott Fritzgerald Timeline

By funkyphoenix

  • September 24th, 1896

    September 24th, 1896
    F. Scott Fritzgerald is born in St. Paul Minnesota

  • 1917

    1917
    Dropped out of Princeton in 1917 to join the army

  • 1918

    1918
    Fritzgerald meets his wife, Zelda

  • 1919

    1919
    Fritzgerald is discharged from the army and begins writing for the Saturday Evening Post

  • 1920

    1920
    “This Side of Paradise” was written by Fritzgerald and gets published

  • One week later

    One week later
    Fritzgerald and Zelda get married

  • October 1921

    October 1921
    Fritzgerald and Zelda have a daughter named Frances

  • 1925

    1925
    “The Great Gatsby” is published

  • April 1930

    Zelda suffers first breakdown

  • 1932

    Zelda has a second breakdown

  • 1934

    1934
    Fritzgerald completes “Tender is the Night”

  • 1936-1937

    “Crack-up years” for Fritzgerald

  • 1938

    Freelance writer for Esquire

  • 1939

    1939
    Fritzgerald begins to write “The Love of the Last Tycoon” but never finishes

  • December 21st, 1940

    F. Scott Fritzgerald dies