F. Scott Fitzgerald Timeline By Landon11111111 Sep 24, 1896 Date of birth 1911 Attends a catholic prep school and meets Father Sigourney Fay who encourages and is a mentor of his success in writing 1913 Enters Princeton University 1917 He goes onto academic probation and decides to join the army 1918 He meets his wife Zelda in Alabama 1919 Decides to go to New York to try to make enough money so he can support his wife 1920 1 week after the publication he marries his wife Zelda 1920 He publishes This Side of Paradise and becomes famous and rich very quickly 1921 Writes his second novel, Beautiful and Damned 1921 Moves to St.Paul for the brith of his only child, Frances Scott 1922 Starts to Drink alcohol 1924 Goes to France and writes the great gatsby 1925 The great gatsby is considere the cornerstone of American literature 1933 Zelda goes to the hospital and he starts to write a variety of novels Dec 21, 1940 Death. He dies of a heart attack while writing The Love Of The Last Tycoon
