J. D. left us... by Barbora Misakova

Why do we always realize that someone special was living here on this planet when that person is already gone? Maybe it is some kind of human feature but maybe, at least in this case, it was something what the other side wanted. Instead of crying over spilt milk we could, no we SHOULD bring back one of the most influential literary personalities of the 20th century: Jerome David Salinger. This American author was raised in Manhattan and with writing short stories started at secondary school. Salinger’s father – Polish Jew – was selling kosher cheese. When J. D. was dropped out of New York University in 1936 his father urged him to learn about the meat-impo! rting business and sent him to one company in Vienna, Austria. Because of forthcoming war, he left Austria one month later. The New Yorker rejected seven Salinger’s stories to finally publish one shortly before the World War II. The real success (he actually didn’t want) came in 1951 when he released his novel The Catcher in the Rye. The protagonist and narrator of this novel was disaffected 17-year-old Holden Caulfield who talked just like the kids in his age do. That was a key to success. But to success Salinger didn’t want. In quest of hiding he became reclusive and he was publishing new work less frequently. Short story collection - Nine Stories, collection of novella and a short story - Franny and Zooey and some other works published in The New Yorker followed. Later in 1980s and 1990s he had to face unwanted attention connected with memoirs written by his ex-lover and his daughter. The last wave of attention came in 2009 when another writer used one ! of Salinger’s characters from The Catcher in the Rey. J.! D. Sali nger died at the age of 91 on January 27, 2010 at his home in New Hampshire. He was not in any pain before or at the time of his death.

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