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F. Scott Fitzgerald · Life in Weeks

Chronicler of the Jazz Age, his luminous prose captured the glamour and disillusionment of 1920s America. His novels and short stories defined an era and remain pillars of American literature.

1896–1940 American Writer 2,308 weeks (44 Years)

F. Scott Fitzgerald: 2,308 weeks

Each box represents one week. Lived weeks Key milestones

2,308
Total Weeks
16,156
Days Lived
6
Key Milestones
44
Years

Key Milestones

Age 21 · Week ~1,092

Dropped out of Princeton to join the U.S. Army during World War I

Age 23 · Week ~1,196

Published This Side of Paradise, which made him an overnight celebrity

Age 23 · Week ~1,196

Married Zelda Sayre after she agreed to wed once he could support her

Age 28 · Week ~1,456

Published The Great Gatsby

Age 38 · Week ~1,976

Published Tender Is the Night, drawing on his troubled marriage to Zelda

Age 44 · Week ~2,288

Died of a heart attack in Hollywood while working on The Last Tycoon

Legacy

Wrote The Great Gatsby, considered one of the greatest novels in the English language. His four completed novels and dozens of stories shaped the literary identity of the 1920s.

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