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J.D. Salinger was an American author born in 1919 in New York. He attended military school and college before serving in World War II from 1942-1944. After the war, he published several short stories in The New Yorker that brought him fame, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" in 1947. His most famous work, the novel The Catcher in the Rye, was published in 1951 and has since become a classic of American literature. Later in life, Salinger published several other works and married twice, having two children, but became reclusive and stopped publishing in the 1960s. He died in 2010 at the age of 91.
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- 2. Born January 1, 1919 in New York
- 3. Education • Went to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania • Attended Ursinus College in Pennsylvania
- 4. Professor Whit Burnett • Salinger met Professor Whit Burnett at Colombia University in New York • Burnett inspired Salinger to begin publishing articles to famous magazines Story, Collier’s, and Saturday Evening Post.
- 5. Army • Served in the army for World War II from 1942-1944 • Participated in the Normandy Invasion and Battle of the Bulge during his service
- 6. Marriage • Married Sylvia Welter in 1946 • Salinger separated with Welter eight months after their marriage
- 7. • In 1946 Salinger tried to publish a collection of 20 of Salinger’s short stories named The Young Folks • The Young Folks failed to publish, and Burnett and Salinger ended their friendship
- 8. Bananafish • Salinger’s story “A Perfect Day For Bananafish” was published in The New Yorker in 1947 which began his fame • Salinger published seven separate short stories about the Glasses, a family from “A Perfect Day For Bananafish”
- 9. Film • The film adaptation of Salinger’s story “Wiggily” was released in 1949 but negatively reviewed
- 10. Catcher and the rye • In 1951, Salinger’s most famous book “The Catcher In The Rye” was published to sales success and neutral critical reviews • “The Catcher In The Rye” eventually became very wellreceived and is now considered like a classic
- 11. Claire Douglas • In 1955, Salinger married Claire Douglas • Salinger had two children with Douglas: Margaret (1955) and Matthew (1960)
- 12. Salinger published Franny and Zooey (1961) and Rise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
- 13. Death • Salinger died in 2010 at the age of 91