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Birth
Fitzgerald was born on September 24 1896 in saint Paul, Minnesota -
Education
He was a member of the Princeton class of 1917. He rejected his class work. -
After school
Due to his failures in high school he was put on academic probation. Which lead him into the American Army. -
First novel
Shortly after joining the army he wrote his first novel The Romantic Euitist -
Camp
Was assigned a camp share in Montgomery, Alabama. Where he met Zelda Sayre, the youngest daughter of a Alabama Supreme Court judge. -
Discharged
Discharged from the army in 1919. -
Moved
Went to New York to marry Zelda -
Break up
Zelda broke up with Fitzgerald because she can’t live off of his small salary. -
First novel re write
He quit his job and moved back to Saint Paul to re write his first novel. Which is called This Side of Paradise and was accepted by Editor Mac Liperkins. -
Career
At the end of 1919 Fitzgerald officially commits to the Mass circulation post. -
Marriage
Soon after This Side of Paradise was published Zelda and Fitzgerald got married in New York. -
Second Novel
The Fitzgerald’s moved back to New York and he wrote his second novel called a the Beautiful And Damned. -
Pregnant
Zelda Fitzgerald got pregnant a year after they got married. -
Birth of his son
Francis Fitzgerald is Zelda and F Scott Fitzgerald’s only child. He was born in 1921. -
Death
Fitzgerald died in 1940 to a hearth attack.