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He was born
F. Scott Fitzgerald was born September 24, 1896 in St. Paul Minnesota. His parents were Edward and Molly Fitzgerald. -
Put on academic probation
Fitzgerald started failing in school which led him to be put on Academic probation, this led him to go to the military -
Met Zelda Sayer
When being sent to an army camp in Alabama he met Zelda Sayer who was the youngest daughter of the Sayer family. -
Discharged from the army
Discharged from the army in 1919 and went to New York to achieve his literacy goal and to marry Zelda -
Fitzgerald quit his job
Fitzgerald quit his job due to Zelda breaking off the engagement because she did not want to live off Fitzgerald small salary. He then went back to Minnesota to restart his writing career. -
Finally achieved his goal
Towards then end of the year 1919 Fitzgerald finally achieved his goal of getting a spot in the magazine for his writing. -
Fitzgerald and sayer got back together
Soon after the publishing in the magazine Zelda and Fitzgerald got back together and later had 2 kids together. -
The Fitzgerald’s moved back to New York
Late 1920 the Fitzgerald’s family moved back to New York. Fitzgerald posted a second astonishing piece of work that made it in the magazine. After the start of having kids the parents realized they wanted to move back to Saint Paul Minnesota yet again. -
Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born
They had their first kid in the year 1921 -
Fitzgerald moved to Rhode Island
In the fall of 1922 the Fitzgerald family made the decision to move down to Rhode Island. They made this decision to be closer to Broadway since Fitzgerald recently wrote a play called “vegetables“. -
Fitzgeralds went to France
The Fitzgerald’s moved to France due to Fitzgerald writing the novel the great Gatsby, which had a huge turn out. -
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Fitzgerald revise the great Gatsby
While in Rome Fitzgerald focused on revising his novel the great Gatsby from the years 1924 to 1925 -
The Fitzgerald’s went back to America then back to France
The Fitzgerald’s return to America after the critical reviews of the great Gatsby. Zelda started intense ballet training which led them to go back to Paris to show off her work. -
Zelda had an intense breakdown
After intense training a ballet in Paris Zelda experienced breakdown that lasted until 1931. During this period Fitzgerald paused his writing yet again due to wanting to focus on his wife’s health. -
Passed away
Fitzgerald passed away in the year 1942 to a heart attack in Hollywood.