Scott Fitzgerald By Bbrowning389 Sep 24, 1896 Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born in Saint Paul Minnesota 1917 He left Princeton University and joined the army after failing academics 1917 He intended Princeton University in 1917 1918 Scott Fitzgerald was assigned to camp sherriden in Montgomery Alabama where he fell in love with Zelda 1919 Started working for the Saturday evening post 1919 He was discharged from the army and Zelda broke off the engagement 1919 Returns to Saint Paul to write his novel “This Side of Paradise” 1920 Married Zelda Sayer Mar 26, 1920 “This Side of Paradise” was published 1921 Him and Zelda have their only child and move back to Minnesota 1922 They moved to great neck Long Island to be near broadway 1923 He wrote his way out of debt with short stories 1924 Moves to France 1924 Wrote “The Great Gatsby” 1927 Left France to move to Delaware 1929 Zelda and Francis move back to Paris so Zelda can work on her ballet 1930 Zelda had her first breakdown 1936 Scott Francis Fitzgerald fell into alcoholism and struggled with writing From 1936-1937 1937 Went to Hollywood as a screenwriter Dec 24, 1940 Died from a heart attack
