F. Scott Fitzgerald Life By Ruby.deleon Sep 24, 1896 born on September 24,1896 in saint palm Minnesota 1917 Graduated from Princeston 1917 Due to his academic failure he was put on probation which lead him to the army 1917 while he was in the army he wrote his first novel 1918 He was assigned to Alabama where he met his future wife. 1919 After being discharged from the army he went to New York to seek his writing dream 1919 Scott was having some trouble in New York so he quit his job and went back to Saint Paul to rewrite his novel. 1919 Near the end of 1919 he finally made a break through as a writer and a week later married Zelda. Oct 26, 1921 Soon after they got married they had there only child named Fraces Scott 1922 A year after they had there daughter they decided to move to long island. 1924 Scott and his family decided to take a trip to France where he later wrote the Great Gasby. 1924 After writing the Great Gasby he wrote many other great novels but didn't publish them until 8 years go by. 1930 Scott fell deep into alcoholism which broke apart his family and stopped his writing. 1934 Scott got out of alcoholism and wrote his last novel called Tender is the night. 1940 Scott later died of a heart attack