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He continued writing after catcher but only for himself and not for publication