F. Scott Fitzgerald

By DKC

  • Birth

    F. Scott Fitzgerald born in St. Paul, MN

  • Attends Princeton

    Begins attendance at Princeton in New Jersey

  • Enters Army

  • Meets Zelda Sayer at a dance in Alabama

  • Discharged from the Army

  • "This Side of Paradise" published

    "This Side of Paradise" published

  • Marries Zelda Sayer in New York

  • Daughter, Francis "Scottie" Fitzgerald born

  • "The Beautiful and the Damned" published

    "The Beautiful and the Damned" published

  • Move to France

  • Zelda has a short affair with Edouard Jozan

  • "The Great Gatsby" is published

    "The Great Gatsby" is published

  • Zelda is diagnosed with Schizophrenia

  • "Tender is the Night" is published

    "Tender is the Night" is published

  • "Crack Up" a three part series is published in Esquire Magazine

  • New York Post depicts Fitzgerald as pathatic and a waste of talent on his 40th birthday.

  • Metro Goldwyn Mayer contract and moves to Hollywood and meets Sheila Graham

  • Looses contract with MGM because of erratic drunken behavior

  • Begins writing "The Last Tycoon" but is unable to sell the publishing rights.

  • Dies of a massive heart attack in Hollywood

  • "The Last Tycoon" is published posthumously

    "The Last Tycoon" is published posthumously

  • Zelda dies in a fire while in an institution in North Carolina