F. Scott Fitzgerald Timeline By Juwan.Alexander Sep 24, 1896 Born in St. Paul Minnesota 9-24-1896 1908 Published first story in school news paper 1913 He enrolls at Princeton, where he writes for the Princeton Tiger magazine and musicals 1917 Joins u.s. army 1918 Met his wife 1919 Discharged from the army & moved to nyc 1920 Published first novel the side of paradise 1920 Week after first novel is published he asked his wife to marry him 1924 Fitzgerald moved to France 1925 Published The Great Gatsby 1934 he releases his fourth novel, inspired by his life with Zelda. 1936 Publishes “The Crack-Up” Essays 1937 Fitzgerald came to Hollywood to write screenplays 1939 Begins Writing “The Last Tycoon” 1940 F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, at age 44.