J.D. SalingerEnglish 1B

About J.D. SalingerAbout J.D. Salinger a.k.a: Jerome David Salinger

Born January 1, 1919 in New York City

Died January 27, 2010 in Cornish, NH

Race: White

Occupation: Novelist

Military service: US Army Signal and Counter Intelligence Corps, WWII

About J.D. SalingerAbout J.D. Salinger Father: Sol Salinger, was a Jewish

importer of cheese and hams

Mother: Marie Jillich (Miriam) was catholic

J.D. SalingerJ.D. Salinger Wife #1: Sylvia (m. 1945, div. 1947)

Wife #2: Claire Douglas (m. 1955, div. 1967, one daughter, one son)

Daughter: Magaret Salinger ("Peggy", b. 1955)

Son: Matt Salinger (actor)

About J.D. SalingerAbout J.D. Salinger When J.D. got married, both sets of in-laws

dissaproved and his father generally dissaproved of J.D.

J.D. skipped his fathers funeral and later stopped eating meat

About J.D. SalingerAbout J.D. Salinger After high school, J.D. was drafted to the

Army and fought in the bloody battle of Normandy

Writing Catcher in the Writing Catcher in the RyeRye

After getting kicked out of one private school, he got sent to Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania

This Military academy was his inspiration for "Pencey"

Writing CatcherWriting Catcher It took ten years to write "Catcher in the

Rye"

Catcher was the only novel that J.D. wrote

He continued writing after catcher but only for himself and not for publication