J.D. Salinger

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Salinger portrait, 1961

About the author

J.D. Salinger
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Born
New York City, United states, 1919

Died
Cornish, New Hampshire, 2010

Places lived
New York City and Cornish, New Hampshire

Nationality
American

Forms of writing
Novels, novellas, stories

Genres
Literary fiction

Writing language
English

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Literature

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

• Franny and Zooey (1961)

Novels

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

• Franny and Zooey (1961)

Novellas

• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1963)

• Seymour: An Introduction (1963)

Stories

• "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948)

• "For Esmé—With Love and Squalor" (1950)

Story Collections

• Nine Stories (1953)

American Literature

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

• Nine Stories (1953)

• Franny and Zooey (1961)

• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters (1963)

• Seymour: An Introduction (1963)

Literary Fiction

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)

• Nine Stories (1953)

Works published in book form

The Catcher in the Rye, novel, 1951

Nine Stories, story collection, 1953

Includes "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut", "Just Before the War with the Eskimos", "The Laughing Man", "Down at the Dinghy", "For Esmé—with Love and Squalor", "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes", "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" and "Teddy"

Franny and Zooey, story and novella, 1961

Includes story "Fanny" and novella Zooey

Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction, two novellas, 1965

Includes "Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters" and "Seymour: An Introduction"

Three Early Stories , story collection, 2014

Includes "The Young Folks", "Go See Eddie" and "Once a Week Won't Kill You"

 

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