J.D. Salinger

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Jerome David Salinger (January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American writer best known for his book The Catcher in the Rye.

Salinger wrote several short stories in Story magazine in the early 1940s before being deployed in World War II. "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," his widely circulated book in 1948, appeared in The New Yorker, which became home to a substantial portion of his later work.

The Catcher in the Rye was released in 1951 and became a huge success.

Holden Caulfield's portrayal of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence was particularly popular among adolescent readers.

The book was widely circulated and controversial. The success of The Catcher in the Rye drew national notice and scrutiny.

Salinger became withdrawn, with new work being released less often.

Catcher's collection, Nine Stories (1953), a collection of a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey (1961); and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beams Carpenters, and Seymour (1963).

In 1965, he published his last published work, a novella named "Hapworth 16, 1924."

Salinger's daughter Margaret Salinger also suffered with unwanted attention in the 1980s, including a court contest with biographer Ian Hamilton and the publication in late 1990s memoirs by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard, an ex-lover; and Margaret Salinger, an ex-lover.

Early life

Jerome David Salinger was born in Manhattan, New York, on January 1, 1919. Sol Salinger, his father, who was of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, was a member of Sol Salinger Congregation in Louisville, Kentucky, and he was a rabbi.

Marie (née Jillich), Salinger's mother, was born in Atlantic, Iowa, of German, Irish, and Scottish descent, but after marrying Salinger's father, she considered herself Jewish. Salinger did not know that his mother was not of Jewish descent until just after he celebrated his Bar Mitzvah. Doris (1912-2001), his brother, had one sibling, Doris (1912–2001).

Salinger attended public schools on Manhattan's West Sideexperienced in his youth. The family moved to Park Avenue in 1932, and Salinger was enrolled at the McBurney School, a nearby private school. Salinger had a difficult time fitting in and took steps to conform, such as naming himself Jerry. He was branded Sonny by his family. He supervised the fencing team at McBurney and appeared in plays. Although his father opposed the prospect of him becoming a actor, he "showed an inherent talent for drama." His parents enrolled him at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania, back in Wayne, Pennsylvania. Salinger began writing stories "under the covers [at night], with the help of a flashlight." He was the literary editor of the class yearbook, Crossed Sabres, and was active in the glee club, aviation club, French club, and Non-Commissioned Officers Club.

According to Salinger's Valley Forge 201fluence, he was a "poor" student, and his measured IQ between 111 and 115 was barely above average. He graduated in 1936. Salinger's freshman year at New York University in 1936 began. He considered special education but decided against it the following spring. He went to work at a firm in Vienna and Bydgoszcz, Poland, as his father compelled him to learn about the meat-importing industry. Surprisingly, Salinger went along but later on, but he was so disgusted by the slaughterhouses that he decided to start a new life. His disgust for the meat industry and the inability of his father in some cases influenced his vegetarianism as an adult. He left Austria one month before Nazi Germany annexed it on March 12, 1938.

Salinger wrote a column titled "skipped diploma" in 1938, which also included movie reviews. After a year of service, he dropped out after a semester. Salinger, a writer at the Columbia University School of General Studies in Manhattan, was enrolled in a writing class taught by Whit Burnett, the longtime editor of Story magazine. Salinger did not identify himself until a few weeks before the second semester's conclusion, at which point "he immediately came to life" and published three stories, according to Burnett. Burnett told Salinger that his stories were both effective and successful, as well as offering "The Young Folks," a vignette about several aimless youths for publication in Story. In the magazine's March-April 1940 issue, Salinger's debut short story was included. Burnett became Salinger's mentor, and the two friends consulted for many years.

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