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Jerome David Salinger was born on January 1st, 1919 in New York. His parents were Sol and Miriam Salinger. His paternal grandfather was a rabbi, and his mother was Scottish-born.

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After joining in 1932 and studying the ninth and tenth grade in McBurney school, Salinger ends up getting expelled by 1934. He was of high emotional intelligence but was never much of a student and disregarded his studies.

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In 1934, after his fail in McBurney, his parents opt for a more rigorous education, so he is sent to Valley Forge Military School. Located in Wayne, Pennsylvania, he used this institution as inspiration for Pencey Prep in his later work "The Catcher in The Rye". He isn't expelled from this school and graduates.

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By 1939, Salinger had both enrolled and dropped out of NYU. Furthermore, he even moves to Vienna after his father advices him to study the meat packing business. In 1939, he decides to enroll in Columbia University, where he decides to take a writing course, which was taught by Whit Burnett, editor of the "Story Magazine". Burnett becomes his mentor and pushes him to pursue a writing career.

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In March 1 1940, at just 21 years old, Salinger publishes "The Young Folks", a critical satire of the lives of the shallow lives of college students at a party. He produces it through "Story Magazine" thanks to Burnett. During the following years he publishes other stories in the same magazine.

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Dec 1, 1949, after several attempts at getting one of his stories in "The New Yorker", he finally makes it through with "Slight Rebellion off Madison". This story actually marks the first appearance of Holden Caulfield in Salinger's writing. Pearl Harbor passes and it's not published until after 5 years.

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Just as his career was taking off, in 1942, Salinger is drafted for military service. His career as a Counter-Intelligence was distinguished and he participated on various battles. Here he meets renowned author Ernest Hemingway. He continues to write and finishes many chapters about Holden Caufield.

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In June 6th, 1944, aged 25 and carrying 6 chapters of "The Catcher in the Rye", Salinger gets deployed on Normandy and fights the battle of D-Day. After this he suffers from PTSD and ends up in a mental hospital after suffering from a nervous breakdown.

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While recovering from his trauma, in 1945, he meets a woman named Sylvia Welter. She was born in Germany and was suspected to be a former Nazi. Their relationship was short and their marriage lasted only eight months, ending after Salinger filed for an annulment.

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1948 "The New Yorker" rejects Salinger various times again but ends up accepting another one of his stories "A Perfect Day for Bananafish". Salinger ends up writing a contract with the magazine giving them access to publish any of his future stories.

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In 1949, Samuel Goldwyn buys the rights to one of Salinger's short stories "Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut", he makes this into a film named "My Foolish Heart". Even thought it ended up with an Oscar nomination, Salinger despised it and found the experience miserable.

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Finally on July 16th, 1951, "The Catcher in the Rye" is published. This tale about 16 yr old Holden Caufield ended up being a success between American readers, selling 65 million copies to this day. Even thought it had its share of negative reviews, it launched Salinger into literature stardom, making him renowned and famous all over the country. He quickly realized that he disliked fame and what came with it and started to retire from the public eye.

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Salinger writes and publishes "Nine Stories" in 1953, a book which centers around the fictional Glass Family. On this same year, overwhelmed by the aftermath of "The Catcher in the Rye", he moves to Cornish, New Hampshire.

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In February 17th, 1955, after meeting her when she was only 16 and he was 31, Salinger married Claire Douglas, who was still a University Student. After their wedding, he gifted her a copy of a story with a character who he named Fanny Glass and claimed to have been inspired by Claire.

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On December 10th, 1955, Margaret Salinger is born. She will go on to write a memoir about her experiences with his father, where she portrays him as emotionally distant with his children and wife, more interested in pursuing teenage girls and writing.

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In February 13th, 1960, his son Matt Salinger is born. When he grew up he pursued acting and ended up being the first man to portray Captain America on tv.

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He publishes his last book and last story

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He publishes his last book and last story

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"Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction" becomes his last published book in 1963. "Hayworth 16, 1924" ends up being his last published story, it is released June 19th, 1965.

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He divorces Claire and dates an 18yr old girl named Joyce Maynard

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He divorces Claire and dates an 18yr old girl named Joyce Maynard

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On October 3rd, 1967, Claire files for divorce, and they end up splitting after 12 years. In 1972, he ends up dating 18 yr old Yale Student; Joyce Maynard. This is not the first time Salinger has showed interest in extremely young girls, he has allegations from before marrying Claire, of exchanging romantic letters with a 14yr old girl, and leaving her when she stopped being "innocent".

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In 1980, Mark David Chapman sits to read "The Catcher in the Rye" right after murdering musician John Lennon. He brings up the book as inspiration for his actions.

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January 27, 2010. Salinger dies in New Hampshire. He died of natural causes due to his old age. He was married to Colleen O'Neil, who was 44 years his junior. He lived a life of reclusion and never appeared in public. In the 90's he stopped a biography of him from being written and in the 2000's an unauthorized sequel to "The Catcher in the Rye" was stopped by him.

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