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About J. D. Salinger

• YOUTH AND EDUCATION
• EARLY WRITING CAREER AND WORLD WAR II
• POSTWAR WRITING
• THE CATCHER IN THE RYE AND UNSOUGHT CELEBRITY
• LAST PUBLISHED WORKS
• ART IMITATING LIFE
• AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
• NOTES

YOUTH AND EDUCATION

Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City on 1 January 1919, the second child of Sol and Miriam Salinger. A daughter, Doris, had been born to the couple in 1911. Sol Salinger was born in Cleveland, Ohio.¹ He married the Scotch-Irish Marie Jillich, who later changed her name to Miriam in order to accommodate her Jewish husband and his parents.² Before moving to New York, the Salingers lived in Chicago, where Sol managed a...

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1. Introduction
2. About J. D. Salinger
3. Salinger at Work
4. Salinger’s Era
5. Salinger’s Works
6. Salinger on Salinger
7. Salinger as Studied
8. Study Questions
9. Bibliography
10. Copyright

1. J. D. Salinger
2. World War II