Poems by jd salinger biography summary

J. D. Salinger was an influential twentieth-century American writer most famous for his novel.

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He is considered of immense influence though his corpus of works is small. He skyrocketed to literary fame with his most famous novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Through this work, he changed the course of post-World War II American literature.

He was not only a famous novelist, but he wrote short stories as well, which gave him great fame. His works were a critical and economical success.

Salinger was a reclusive person and didn’t like to be disturbed by people.

For this reason, he didn’t appear in public and avoided contact with the media.

Poems by jd salinger biography summary

His reclusiveness not only controlled his personal life but literary life as well. After his death, his son claimed that he kept writing for more than fifty years without publishing the works he produced. He was against rewriting and editing of the works he has written.

This can be seen as the probable reason for not publishing his works.