F. Scott Fitzgerald By Faithh.daviss Sep 24, 1896 Date of Birth 1917 Supposed to graduate college Academic probation 1917 Joined army 1918 Met his future fiancé 1919 Discharged from army 1919 Fiancé left him 1919 Quit his job, returned to finish his novel. 1920 Married Zelda Slayer 1921 First child born Period: 1924 to 1925 Revised the Great Gatsby 1929 Moved to Paris for his wife to receive ballet training 1934 Completed, Tender is the Night Period: 1936 to 1937 Struggled with alcoholism 1937 Moved to Hollywood to work as a screen writer Dec 21, 1940 Died