Jerome David Salinger was an American writer, well known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye, as well as his reclusive nature. His last original released work was in 1965; he gave his last interview in 1980.
(J.D. Salinger photo #2)
Brought up in Manhattan, Salinger began composing short novels while in secondary colledge, and released several novels in the early 1940s before serving in World War Ii. Salinger released his first novels in Story magazine which was started by Whit Burnett. In 1948 he released the critically acclaimed story A Perfect Day for Bananafish in The New Yorker magazine, which became home to much of his subsequent work. In 1951 Salinger published his novel The Catcher in the Rye, an immediate popular success. His depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence in the protagonist Holden Caulfield was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel remains widely read and controversial, selling around 250000, copies a year.
(J.D. Salinger photo #3)
The success of The Catcher in the Rye led to public attention and scrutiny: Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, Nine Novels , a volume containing a novella and a short story, Franny and Zooey , and a volume containing two novellas, Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction. His last released work, a novella entitled Hapworth 16, 1924, appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965.
J.D. Salinger
