The Life of Scott Fitzgerald By jstlouis Sep 24, 1896 Birth St Paul , Minnesota 1917 Contributes to Tiger Magazine 1917 Princeton Graduation 1917 Joined the army 1918 Wrote First Novel 1918 Moved to Camp Sheradon in Alabama 1919 Discharged from Army 1919 Broke up with Girlfriend 1919 Move Back to St Paul , Minnesota 1919 Wrote This Side of Paradise 1920 Got Married to Zelda 1922 Moved To Long Island for Broadway 1924 Moved to France 1924 Great Gatsby 1930 Zelda in mental health Hospital 1934 Tender is the Night 1936 Sunk further into alcoholism 1940 Date of Death