J D Salinger
Salinger is the author of the famous 1951 novel the catcher in the rye.
J d salinger. His landmark novel the catcher in the rye set a new course for literature in post wwii america and. The last book length work of fiction by j. Jerome david salinger was born in manhattan new york on january 1 1919. His father sol salinger traded in kosher cheese and was from a jewish family of lithuanian descent his own father having been the rabbi for the adath jeshurun congregation in louisville kentucky.
Salinger s mother marie née jillich was born in atlantic iowa of german irish and scottish descent but. Salinger s fictional glass family as recalled by his closest brother buddy. The autobiographic nature of the novel became the voice of a whole generation of young men wedged in frustration over the conventions of society. Salinger published in his lifetime collects two novellas about one of the liveliest funniest most fully realized families in all fiction new york times these two novellas set seventeen years apart are both concerned with seymour glass the eldest son of j.
Salinger was a literary giant despite his slim body of work and reclusive lifestyle.