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Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald attends Newman School (a Catholic preparatory school) and meets Father Sigourney Fay. He sees potential in his literary skills and tells him to pursue writing. -
Fitzgerald attends Princeton University and becomes a writer for The Princeton Tiger (the school’s magazine). He flunks out and later joins the army. -
Fitzgerald is discharged from the army, as The Great War has ended. -
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his first novel. It welcomes him to a ,one of fame and riches. -
Fitzgerald marries Zelda. -
The Fitzgeralds welcome a new daughter called Scottie (Francis). -
Fitzgerald’s next book is published. -
Scott publishes this story in Smart Set. -
The Fitzgerald‘s move to France on the Minnewaska as they escape the high cost of living in America, and prohibition. -
The Great Gatsby is released and is extremely successful. -
Zelda suffers a mental breakdown in 1930. She is sent to clinics while they’re in Paris. She is released in 1931 but never fully recovers. -
Fitzgerald releases his last completely finished novel. It is not as successful as the rest of them though. -
Zelda moves into a hospital in Asheville, North Carolina. Fitzgerald meets and falls in love with Sheila Graham -
December 21, 1940 Scott dies unexpectedly of a heart attack at age 44.