J.D. Salinger

J.D. Salinger is an American author of novels and short stories.

J.D. Salinger submitted his first story to The New Yorker in 1941. The magazine rejected his work seven times before buying Slight Rebellion Off Madison in December of that year. The story, which included some pre-war themes, was held from publication when the United States entered World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor. The war impacted Salinger as well: he was drafted and fought at the Battle of the Bulge and on Utah Beach during D-Day.

After the war, Salinger sold A Perfect Day for Bananafish to The New Yorker. The magazine was so impressed by the quality of his work that they purchased the right of first refusal on any of his future stories. He continued to sell to The New Yorker through 1965, when he stopped publishing new work.

Salinger's only novel, The Catcher in the Rye, was published in 1951. While the book met with initially mixed reviewsThe New York Times: Books of the Times (July 16 1951) Virgina Quarterly Review: Raise High the Bookshelves, Censors! (Spring 2002), it has become a recognized literary classic and is required reading in American public schools.

• 1948: A Perfect Day for Bananafish
• 1951: The Catcher in the Rye
• 1961: Franny and Zooey
• 1963: Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction

• January 1, 1919: Born in New York City

• 1936: Graduated from Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania

• 1940: First short story, The Young Folks, published in Whit Burnett's magazine, Story

• 1942: Enters U.S. Army

• 1944: Fights with the 4th Infantry Division during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge

• 1945: Honorably discharged from the Army

• 1946: Returns to U.S.

• 1951: The Catcher in the Rye

• 1953: Nine Stories

• 1961: Franny and Zooey

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