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Born in St. Paul, Minnesota
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Publishes his first piece of writing, a detective story, at age 13.
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Enters Newman School, a preparatory school in New Jersey.
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Attends the Newman School in New Jersey and later Princeton University.
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Leaves Princeton to join the U.S. Army during World War I.
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Stationed at Camp Sheridan, Alabama, meets Zelda Sayre.
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Moves to New York City and works at an advertising agency.
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Marries Zelda Sayre in New York City.
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Publishes first novel, This Side of Paradise.
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Publishes The Beautiful and Damned and the short story collection Tales of the Jazz Age.
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Moves to France with Zelda and their daughter, Frances “Scottie” Fitzgerald.
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Publishes The Great Gatsby.
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Zelda suffers a mental breakdown and is hospitalized.
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Publishes Tender Is the Night.
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Dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California.