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. Jerome D. Salinger was born in 1919 in New York City as the son of a well-to-do grocery salesman
. Attended various east Coast private prep schools and afterwards a couple of different colleges, but he never graduated.
. After excelling in a creative writing class in college, his first short story published in 1940; he continued to write even as a soldier in WWII; however, his writing was sparely noticed by the critics.
. In 1951, his first and to this day only novel, "The Catcher in the Rye" is published, and he appears on the international literary stage. Spurred great discussions and critical acclaim, but also criticism,
. public reception:
Noted book reviewers from across America critiqued The Catcher in the Rye, bestowing both praise and criticism at different levels
has been banned continually from schools, libraries, and bookstores due to its profanity, sexual subject matter, and rejection of some traditional American ideals.
. After the "Catcher", Salinger published a couple of short stories, which were torn to pieces by the critics.
. In 1965, he published the short story "Hapworth 26, 1924" that received exceptionally bad critcs, and in response to that, he withdrew almost completely from public life
. Has lived as a recluse Cornish, New Hampshire to the present day and not published anything since then, however he seems to have kept on writing, and after his death many of his later works may be published
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