F. Scott Fitzgerald By DKC Sep 24, 1896 Birth F. Scott Fitzgerald born in St. Paul, MN 1913 Attends Princeton Begins attendance at Princeton in New Jersey 1917 Enters Army 1918 Meets Zelda Sayer at a dance in Alabama 1919 Discharged from the Army Mar 26, 1920 "This Side of Paradise" published Apr 3, 1920 Marries Zelda Sayer in New York Oct 26, 1921 Daughter, Francis "Scottie" Fitzgerald born 1922 "The Beautiful and the Damned" published 1924 Move to France 1924 Zelda has a short affair with Edouard Jozan 1925 "The Great Gatsby" is published 1930 Zelda is diagnosed with Schizophrenia 1934 "Tender is the Night" is published 1936 "Crack Up" a three part series is published in Esquire Magazine Sep 24, 1936 New York Post depicts Fitzgerald as pathatic and a waste of talent on his 40th birthday. 1937 Metro Goldwyn Mayer contract and moves to Hollywood and meets Sheila Graham 1939 Looses contract with MGM because of erratic drunken behavior 1939 Begins writing "The Last Tycoon" but is unable to sell the publishing rights. Dec 21, 1940 Dies of a massive heart attack in Hollywood Oct 27, 1941 "The Last Tycoon" is published posthumously Mar 10, 1948 Zelda dies in a fire while in an institution in North Carolina
