J.D Salinger
- 1st January 1919 – 27th January, 2010
- Born in Lithuania
- American author
- Served in World War 2
- J.D Salinger was born in New York City in 1919. Salinger grew up in Manhattan and spent his childhood shifting to various schools before his parents decided to finally settle down in the Valley Forge Military Academy in 1934.
- He graduated from Valley Forge in 1936 and attended a number of colleges, including Columbia University, but he did not graduate from any of them.
- Whilst he was in Columbia, Salinger took a creative writing class in which he gained interest which he maintained through out teenage years.
- Salinger published his first short story in 1940 and he continued to write.
- He also joined the army and fought in Europe during World War II. After he returned to the United States in 1946, Salinger wrote more stories which were published in magazines.
- In 1951, Salinger published his first full length novel called Catcher in the Rye which was the key to his success.