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Born
He was born on September 24th 1896 in St Paul Minnesota -
Joined the Army
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Graduated from Princeton
Graduated as a member of the 1917 Princeton class -
Zelda
Met Zelda Sayre who was a daughter of an Alabama Supreme Court judge -
Quit his Job
Returned to St Paul to rewrite his novel -
Went to New York
Zelda broke off engagement because she was unwilling to live off of his small salary. -
Discharged from Army
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Novel accepted
His novel was accepted by Maxwell Perkins -
Married to Zelda
One week after his book was published Fitzgerald and Zelda were married and living in New York -
Wrote Second Novel
Fitzgerald wrote his second novel called The Beautiful and Damned. -
Had Francis Scott Fitzgerald
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Returned to St Paul
Zelda became pregnant so they moved back. -
Went to France
Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby -
Returned to Paris
Intense ballet training damaged Zelda’s health. -
Completed Third Novel
Completed Tender is the Night.
Mirroring his and Zelda’s relationship at the time. -
Moved to Hollywood
He moved to Hollywood alone to work with MGM as a screen writer. -
He died
Died from a heart attack