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J. D. Salinger

1919 - 2010

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Jerome David Salinger ( SAL-in-jər; January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010) was an American author best known for his 1951 novel The Catcher in the Rye. Salinger published several short stories in Story magazine in 1940, before serving in World War II. In 1948, his critically acclaimed story "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" appeared in The New Yorker, which published much of his later work. The Catcher in the Rye (1951) was an immediate popular success; Salinger's depiction of adolescent alienation and loss of innocence was influential, especially among adolescent readers. The novel was widely read and controversial, and its success led to public attention and scrutiny. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. D. Salinger is the 234th most popular writer (down from 178th in 2019), the 230th most popular biography from United States (down from 155th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Writer.

J.D. Salinger is most famous for his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

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Among writers, J. D. Salinger ranks 234 out of 7,302. Before him are Isaac Bashevis Singer, John the Evangelist, Pliny the Younger, Nelly Sachs, Ray Bradbury, and Pedro Calderón de la Barca. After him are Paul Heyse, Shota Rustaveli, William Blake, Truman Capote, Lucian, and Friedrich Schlegel.

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Among people born in 1919, J. D. Salinger ranks 6. Before him are Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Eva Perón, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Siad Barre, and Edmund Hillary. After him are Primo Levi, I. K. Gujral, Doris Lessing, Kim Jong-suk, Joseph Murray, and G. E. M. Anscombe. Among people deceased in 2010, J. D. Salinger ranks 5. Before him are José Saramago, John Fenn, Leslie Nielsen, and Juan Antonio Samaranch. After him are Lech Kaczyński, Tony Curtis, Ronnie James Dio, James Black, Gloria Stuart, Louise Bourgeois, and Eddie Fisher.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. D. Salinger ranks 230 out of 20,380. Before him are Grover Cleveland (1837), Milton Friedman (1912), Ray Bradbury (1920), Humphrey Bogart (1899), George Lucas (1944), and F. Sherwood Rowland (1927). After him are Willard Van Orman Quine (1908), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Candice Bergen (1946), Josephine Baker (1906), Clark Gable (1901), and Johnny Cash (1932).

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Among writers born in United States, J. D. Salinger ranks 24. Before him are H. P. Lovecraft (1890), William Faulkner (1897), John Steinbeck (1902), David Woodard (1964), Pearl S. Buck (1892), and Ray Bradbury (1920). After him are Truman Capote (1924), Joseph Heller (1923), Dale Carnegie (1888), Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803), Walt Whitman (1819), and Paul Auster (1947).

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