J.D. Salinger Biography

The success of "The Catcher in the Ry"e led to public attention and scrutiny: Salinger became reclusive, publishing new work less frequently. He followed Catcher with a short story collection, "Nine Stories" (1953), a collection of a novella and a short story, "Franny and Zooey "(1961), and a collection of two novellas, "Raise High the Roof Beam", "Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction "(1963). His last published work, a novella entitled "Hapworth 16, 1924", appeared in The New Yorker on June 19, 1965. Afterward, Salinger struggled with unwanted attention, including a legal battle in the 1980s with biographer Ian Hamilton and the release in the late 1990s of memoirs written by two people close to him: Joyce Maynard, an ex-lover; and Margaret Salinger, his daughter. In 1996, a small publisher announced a deal with Salinger to publish "Hapworth 16, 1924" in book form, but amid the ensuing publicity, the release was indefinitely delayed. He made headlines around the globe in June 2009, after filing a lawsuit against another writer for copyright infringement resulting from that writer's use of one of Salinger's characters from "The Catcher in the Rye". Salinger died of natural causes on January 27, 2010, at his home in Cornish, New Hampshire.

Books:

• The Catcher in the Rye (1951)
• Nine Stories (1953)
• "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" (1948)
• "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut" (1948)
• "Just Before the War with the Eskimos" (1948)
• "The Laughing Man" (1949)
• "Down at the Dinghy" (1949)
• "For Esmé—with Love and Squalor" (1950)
• "Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes" (1951)
• "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" (1952)
• "Teddy" (1953)
• Franny and Zooey (1961)
• "Franny" (1955)
• "Zooey" (1957)
• Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction (1963)
• "Raise High the Roof-Beam, Carpenters" (1955)
• "Seymour: An Introduction" (1959)
• Three Early Stories (2014)
• "The Young Folks" (1940)
• "Go See Eddie" (1940)
• "Once a Week Won't Kill You" (1944)