J.D. Salinger was best know for his controversial novel The Catcher in the rye (1951), is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction during the second half of the twentieth century. Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and like the members of the fictional Glass family that appear in some of his works, was the product of mixed parentage his father was Jewish and his mother was Scotch-Irish. He upbringing was not unlike that of Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye, the glass children, and many of his other characters.
His family with its brood of seven children, Salinger had only an elder sister. He grew up in fashionable areas of Manhattan and for a time attended public school. Later he attend a prep school, but it was very difficult for him to adjust.
J.D. Salinger was best know for his controversial novel The Catcher in the rye (1951), is recognized by critics and readers alike as one of the most popular and influential authors of American fiction during the second half of the twentieth century.
Jerome David Salinger was born in New York City on January 1, 1919, and like the members of the fictional Glass family that appear in some of his works, was the product of mixed parentage his father was Jewish and his mother was Scotch-Irish. He upbringing was not unlike that of Holden Caulfield of The Catcher in the Rye, the glass children, and many of his other characters.
His family with its brood of seven children, Salinger had only an elder sister. He grew up in fashionable areas of Manhattan and for a time attended public school. Later he attend a prep school, but it was very difficult for him to adjust.