J. D. Salinger

American author (1919–2010)

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Lived 1919–2010, aged 91United States

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1919–2010
Aged 91

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Updated 2026-05-29

Wrote The Catcher in the Rye, the novel that made angst and teenage alienation literary currency in 1951. Published sparingly in The New Yorker after WWII, then vanished into reclusive legend.

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Jerome David Salinger was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work.

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