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Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Minnesota
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Fitzgerald attends St. Paul Academy, and it is there that he publishes his first piece of writing, at the age of 13.
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Fitzgerald attends the Newman School, a Catholic preparatory school in Hackensack, New Jersey. He meets Father Sigourney Fay, who encourages him to pursue writing.
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Fitzgerald enters Princeton University. In 1917 he enlists in the army, and meets Zelda Sayre, they become engaged.
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Fitzgerald moves to New York City. After Zelda breaks off their engagement, he works on a novel he had been writing in the army.
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His first book, This Side of Paradise, is published. The novel brings him fame and money. He marries Zelda in April. They become a celebrated couple. -
Fitzgerald’s second novel, The Beautiful and Damned, is published. Tales of the Jazz Age, a collection of short stories, is also published.
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The Fitzgeralds, along with their daughter, Francis who had been born in 1921, leave for France.
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While in France, Fitzgerald completes his masterpiece, The Great Gatsby.
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After The Great Gatsby is published, Fitzgerald’s drinking becomes excessive, and Zelda suffers a mental breakdown in 1930.
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Fitzgerald’s last completed novel, Tender Is the Night, is published. -
In 1937 Fitzgerald moves to Hollywood and becomes a scriptwriter. He meets and falls in love with Sheilah Graham, a famous Hollywood gossip columnist.
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Fitzgerald dies of a heart attack in Hollywood on December 21, 1940.
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The Last Tycoon is published in the year after his death.