Rest in Peace, J. D. by Barbora Misakova

Now the whole world knows that J. D. Salinger left us. His death caused another wave of interest in this strange old man whose The Catcher in the Rye is recognized as a classic of American literature. Jerome David Salinger, as was his full name, has become one of the most influential literary personalities of the 20th century. He was raised in Manhattan and started with writing short stories when he was attending secondary school. Salinger’s father was a Polish Jew selling kosher cheese. As he wanted his son to devote to proper career, he sent J. D. (shortly after he dropped out of New York University) to Austrian Vienna. There he should have been taught how to do the! meat-importing business. As the Second World War was coming, young Salinger left Vienna just one month after his arrival. His love to literature was strong enough to guarantee him later success. After 7 rejected stories, the New Yorker finally published one just before the war. But the real success came in 1951 when his master piece The Catcher in the Rey was published. The protagonist and narrator of this novel was 17-year-old boy Holden Caulfield who became a literary legend and brought Salinger fame and success he actually didn’t want. He published another books and collection of stories such as Franny and Zooey or Nine Stories which however weren’t as popular as the Catcher. After huge popularity of this book he became reclusive. Only two or three times he was recalled in the literary world but always with the same lack of interest from his side. J. D. left us at the age of 91 on January 27, 2010. He was not in any pain. R.I.P.

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