Life of F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Life of f. scott fitzgerald timeline

  • September 24, 1896 FSF birthday
  • September, 1913 Enrolled at Princeton
  • 1917 Dropped out of Princeton, enlisted in U.S. Army
  • 1917 wrote The Romantic Egoist
  • 1918 Met Zelda in Alabama
  • 1918 Moved to New York to work at Barron Collier
  • 1919 Returned to St. Paul to revise The Romantic Egoist
  • February 21, 1920 Saturday Evening Post begins printing FSF’s stories
  • March 26, 1920 This Side of Paradise published
  • April 3, 1920 Married Zelda in NYC
  • October 26, 1921 Daughter born
  • 1922 The Beautiful and Damned published
  • April, 1924 Moved to Paris
  • 1924 Moved to Antibes
  • April 10, 1925 The Great Gatsby published
  • 1927 1st trip to Hollywood
  • 1930 Zelda hospitalized for the 1st time
  • January-April, 1934 Tender is the Night published in Scribners’ magazine
  • 1934 Tender is the Night published in book form
  • 1935 2nd trip to Hollywood
  • Contract with MGM
  • 1939 MGM contract terminated
  • 1940-1941 Pat Hobby stories published
  • December 21, 1940 Died in Hollywood apartment of Sheilah Graham
  • 1948 Zelda dies in fire at mental hospital

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