- J. D. Salinger(Jerome David Salinger )
An American writer who won acclaim early in life. He led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980.
In the 1940s, Salinger confided to several people that he was working on a novel featuring Holden Caulfield, the teenage protagonist of his short story "Slight Rebellion off Madison", and The Catcher in the Rye was published on July 16, 1951, by Little, Brown and Company.
Salinger was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school.
Margaret Salinger's memoir Dream Catcher, its cover featuring a rare photograph of Salinger.
- The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye is a 1951 novel by J. D. Salinger. A controversial novel originally published for adults, it has since become popular with adolescent readers for its themes of teenage angst and alienation.