J. D. Salinger (1919 - 2009)
Jerome David Salinger, born January 1, 1919 in New York City, is the
notably reclusive author best known for The Catcher in the Rye. After the
publication of The Catcher in the Rye, Salinger moved to New Hampshire to
escape the public eye. In recent years several tell-all biographies have
been written by those close to him, including his daughter.
Salinger's BHC (before Holden Caulfield) career consisted of a few short
stories, perhaps most notably "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," which
appeared in the New Yorker magazine in 1949. This story introduced readers
to Seymour Glass, who with his family would also appear in Franny and
Zooey
and Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an
Introduction.
Salinger published 35 short stories, nine of which (including "A Perfect
Day for Bananafish") are collected in Nine Stories.
Salinger's Books:
The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
Nine Stories (1953)
Franny and Zooey (1961)
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour, an
Introduction
(1963)
Ed note: added year of death (wp)