Jerome+David+Salinger

In 1961 //Time Magazine// sent a team of reporters to investigate his private life. "I like to write. I love to write. But I write just for myself and my own pleasure," said Salinger in 1974 to a //New York Times// correspondent. This relates to when JD Salinger says in "Catcher in the Rye" that D.B is selling himself through his books. - Minny P

In 1941, Salinger started dating Oona O'Neill, daughter of the playwright Eugene O'Neill. -Michael C

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Jerome David Salinger was born on Janurary 1st, 1919. - Source: Mr. Currin's brain. //The Catcher in the Rye// was first published on July 16th, 1951. - Source: Mr. Currin's brain. During World War II he was drafted into the infantry and was involved in the invasion of Normandy. Salinger's comrades considered him very brave, a genuine hero.(Cory) http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm J.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan, New York. -Jess Klug [] He was the son of a prosperous Jewish importer of Kosher cheese and his Scotch-Irish wife. -Bill O. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm Salinger’s father wanted him to follow in his footsteps as a meat importer, sending his son to Austria to learn the trade. Salinger left Austria just one month before the country fell to Hitler.-JEFF C Salinger has been at various times a Zen Buddhist, a Christian Scientist, and a Scientologist.-JEFF C source-http://www.enotes.com/authors/salinger Salinger did good during grade school, but he was dropped during his prep school stay, due to his failing grades. [] - Jove D --In 1992 a fire broke out in Salinger's Cornish house, but he managed to flee from the reporters who saw an opportunity to interview him. SOURCE: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm Chelsea K J.D. Salinger was born and grew up in the fashionable apartment district of Manhattan-rachel whttp://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm// Salinger got in a legal battle inin the 1980's with biographer Ian Hamilton [] - Brendon G

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During Salinger's Studies as a child in prep schools, he was sent to a military academy from 1934 to 1936 to study briefly.- Anthony K. http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm

Salinger served in the U.S. Army in World War II and participated in the D-Day landings of 6 June 1944-Justin H http://www.answers.com/topic/j-d-salinger

He fell in love with Oona O'Neill, wrote her letters almost daily, and was later shocked when she married Charles Chaplin, who was much older than she. -Krista M http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm// Salinger began writing short stories while in secondary school, and published several stories in the early 1940s before serving in World War ll.-Ethan Simmons [] //J.D Salinger apparently still writes books and stores them in a vault and they are to be released upon his death (at least according to his daughter) http://www.funfacts.com.au/one-time-wonders/ -chelsea b// //In 1939 Salinger took a class in short story writing at Columbia University// [|//http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/salinger.htm//] //Jim J//

//-He served in the army during World War II, saw action in D-Day, was among the first American soldiers to enter a liberated concentration camp, and interrogated prisoners of war as a counter-intelligence officer. -  He served with the 4th Infantry Division in the Second World War and was stationed at Tiverton, Devon, UK, in March 1944 -Andrew F. http://www.enotes.com/authors/salinger Salinger is recognized by critics and readers as one of the most popular and influential authors of american fiction to emerge after WWI http://www.answers.com/topic/j-d-salinger -Ashley P Salinger’s father sent him to Austria to learn the meatpacking business because he was intended to follow in his father's footsteps. He there discovered that he didn't like this trade and left, just one month before Austria fell to Hitler.// [|//http://www.enotes.com/authors/salinger//] //~Liz H Salinger did not favor formal education, but at Columbia University in 1939, he took a short story writing class taught by Whit Burnett who was a writer and editor of a magazine called "Story", where Salinger had his first story "The Young Folks" published in the spring of 1940. ~Victoria (//[|//http://www.notablebiographies.com/Ro-Sc/Salinger-J-D.html//]//) -When he was young and attending McBurney School, Salinger participated in theater productions, often playing female roles. -In the novel,// Shoeless Joe, //by W.P. Kinsella, the main character kidnapped J.D. Salinger from his isolation. -Sarah Z www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/**Salinger**__Jerome_David.html

In a 1953 interview, Salinger admitted that__ The Catcher In The Rye __was "sort of" autobiographical. Explaining that "My boyhood was very much the same as that of the boy in the book...it was a great relief telling people about it." -Jessica O []

After Germany's defeat, Salinger signed up for a six-month period of "[|de-Nazification]" -Matt Weber

Salinger returned from the war in 1946. and he faced many rejections until he finally published his first story in the__ //New Yorker //in 1948. http://www.leninimports.com/salinger.html - Jamie Henry!

Jerome David Salinger resides in Cornish, NH, to what is said... - Joanee M .// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._D._Salinger__