F. Scott Fitzgerald By sami1101 Sep 24, 1896 September 24 1896. Birth, born in St. Paul Minnesota 1908 Early writing interest. Began writing stories and plays as a teenager while attending school in St. Paul. 1913 Enters Princeton university. He enrolled at Princeton where he wrote for the Princeton tiger magazine and musical clubs 1917 He dropped out of Princeton to join the army for world war 1 1918 Meet Zelda who later becomes his wife 1920 He published his debut novel this side of paradise Apr 3, 1920 He married Zelda 1922 Published the article the beautiful and damned 1924 Moves to France where he met other writers 1925 Published the great gatsby 1930 Zelda got diagnosed with schizophrenia 1934 Published tender is the night 1937 Moved to Hollywood Dec 21, 1940 Died of a heart of a heart attack 1950 Got a lot of recognition after death