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Birth
Born in Saint paul Minnesota -
Joined the army
Fitzgerald joined the army after being put on academic probation for pursuing literary arts instead of other subjects -
Assigned to camp cheridan
Here he met zelda sayre -
Discharged from the army
After he left the army he went to New York city to find his fortune to marry zelda, who later broke off the engagement because she wasnt willing to live on a small salary -
Quit job to Write novel
Wrote "this side of paradise"
Was accepted by editor Maxwell Perkins.
Gets married to zelda -
Began his career as a writer
Towards the end of 1919 he began his career as a writer for magazines. A week after "This side of Paradise" was published him and zelda got married. He also wrote his second novel -
Birth of son
Moved to saint paul for the birth of Francis scott fitzgerald -
Wrote "The vegetable"
Moved to long island to be closer to broadway and the play flopped. he had to write himself out of debt with short stories -
moved to france
The fitzgeralds moved to france, where the great gatsby was written -
Period: to
Fitzgerald revised the great gatsby in rome
Novel was published while En Route to paris -
Moved back to America
Scott wanted to escape the distractions of france and focus on his novels. They rented out a mansion in delaware for 2 years. Zelda began ballet training in hopes of becoming a professional dancer. -
moved back to paris
Intense ballet training damaged zeldas health -
Zelda has a breakdown
Treated at pragins clinic in switzerland. While there, Scott puts his novels on pause and writes short stories to pay for zeldas treatments -
Moved back to America... Again
Zelda relapsed and entered John Hopkins hospital in Baltimore -
4th Novel "Tender is the Night" is finished
story closely mirrored his relationship with zelda -
Period: to
"Crackup Years"
Fitz gerald turns to alcoholism and cant write commercial stories