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Born
in St. Paul, Minnisota -
Attended Princeton
Class of 1917 neglected academics to focus on literature -
Army
joined the army 1917 since he was put on academic probation -
first novel
wrote the romantic egotist in the army -
met Zelda in alabama
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went to nyc
to get a good job to marry Zelda -
discharged from army
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broke off engagement
she was unwilling to live off his small salary -
starts officially writing stories, novels, and articles
end of 1919 -
he married Zelda
a week after his second novel was published they got married in NYC -
first child
names francis -
moved to Long Island near broadway
to focus on his career more -
broadway play failed
wrote his way out of debt with short stories -
moved to France for the great Gatsby
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moved to a mansion in Delaware
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Zelda started ballet training in hopes of getting big
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go back to France for Zeldas ballet training
which ends up damaging her health badly -
Zelda suffers breakdown and gets put into
hospital for treatment in Switzerland -
he stopped writing novels to write short
stories to pay for Zeldas phycyatric treatment -
they return to the US
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she relapsed again and was put in a hospital
in Baltimore -
finishes his fourth novel
Tender Is The Night -
lost control of his life and started using
alcohol -
sends scottie to boarding school
at 14 -
moves alone to Hollywood
work with MGM as screenwriter -
started freelance
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worked on many books
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died of heart attack