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Day born
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul Minnesota to Edward and Mary Fitzgerald on September 24th 1896 -
First piece of writing
Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy that is were he published his first piece of writing at the age of 13 on the school news paper -
First piece of writing
Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy that is were he published his first piece of writing at the age of 13 on the school news paper -
Princeton University
Fitzgerald attended Princeton university and writes for The Princeton Tiger the schools humor magazine he eventually failed out but rejoined and left to join the army -
His first book
He published his first book This Side Of Paradise. The novel brought him fame and money -
His daughter
His daughter Francis was born on 1921 -
His marriage
He got married Zelda in April they were described as the prince and the princess of the generation. -
This second novel
Fitzgerald second novel The Beautiful and Damned was published. And tales of jazz age is a short stories collection that was also published -
The family moved
After the whole family spent time in Paris the family moved to the Riviera -
The masterpiece
While in France Fitzgerald completed his masterpiece The Great Gatsby. After the success of this book he wrote several short stories -
After the Great Gatsby
After the Grate Gatsby was published Fitzgerald drinking became overly excessive. Zelda suffered a lot due to this she had a mental break down in 1930. After this Zelda decides to move to Europe in a clinic for a year. -
Zelda
After Zelda was released from the hospital on 1931 she decided to move to the United States. Were she had the second mental break down she never fully recovered. Zelda published her first an only novel Save Me The Waltz this novel was based on her marriage with Fitzgerald. -
Last novel
Fitzgerald last novel called Tender Is the Night is one most moving novel but it was commercially unsuccessful -
Hollywood
Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood and becomes scriptwriter where he meet and fell in love with Sheilah Graham -
End of his life
Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood on December 21 1940 The Last Tycoon is published in the year after his death