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Birth
F. Scott Fitzgerald is born in St. Paul, Minnesota on September 24th, 1896. -
Meeting Zelda
F. Scott Fitzgerald meets his wife, Zelda, while in the army in 1917. -
Leaving the Army
He was discharged from the army, and moves to New York City in 1919. -
First Novel
F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes his first novel, ‘This Side of Paradise’, a year later. It becomes an immediate bestseller, and he gets rich because of it. -
Away to France
In 1924, Fitzgerald moves to France, hoping to find inspiration and spark his creativity. -
The Great Gatsby
A year after moving to France, he publishes his greatest work, ‘The Great Gatsby’. -
Hollywood Dream?
In 1937, Fitzgerald goes to Hollywood to write screenplays to make money as quickly as possible, so he could leave town again and work on what he really wanted to do. -
Death
In the middle of his last novel, ‘The Last Tycoon’, F. Scott Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack on December 21st, 1940.