Facts about J.D. Salinger

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   Born Jerome David Salinger in New York City in 1919, J.D. Salinger served in the U.S. Army during World War II, participating in the Normandy invasion.

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   Franny and Zooey, one of J.D. Salinger's best-known works, originally appeared as two separate stories in The New Yorker before being published as a book.

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   Published in 1953, Nine Stories was J.D. Salinger's only short story collection released during his lifetime.

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   After achieving fame, J.D. Salinger became intensely reclusive, withdrawing from public life and refusing nearly all interviews for decades.

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   The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger's only published novel, has sold tens of millions of copies since its 1951 release.

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