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  • Born in Minnesota

    Born in Minnesota

    F. Scott Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota.
  • Writing Young

    He started writing stories and showing early talent in school as a teenager.
  • Prep School

    He attended Newman School in New Jersey and is encouraged to write.
  • College at Princeton

    He went to Princeton University and wrote for student magazines.
  • Joins Army

    He leaves college to serve in World War I but never is sent overseas.
  • Meets Zelda

    Meets Zelda

    While stationed in Alabama he meets Zelda Sayre someone who becomes very important.
  • Moved to New York

    He tried to make a living writing stories and working at an ad agency.
  • Big Break with First Book

    His first novel makes him famous right away.
  • Marries Zelda

    Marries Zelda

    He marries Zelda and they become a famous couple in the 1920s.
  • Becomes a Father

    His daughter Frances Fitzgerald is born.
  • More Writing and Fame

    He published The Beautiful and Damned and more short stories about the Jazz Age.
  • Writes The Great Gatsby

    Writes The Great Gatsby

    Releases The Great Gatsby which later becomes one of Americas best novels.
  • Struggle Begins

    Zelda gets sick and Scott struggles with money and drinking.
  • Later Novel Published

    Later Novel Published

    He writes Tender in the Night a story inspired by his real life struggles.
  • Hollywood and Final Years

    He moved to Hollywood to write movies and dies of a heart attack in 1940 at the age of 44.