A Biography of J.D.Salinger

'I Think that J.D.Salinger is the most talented fiction writer in America.'(Hyman, Edgar p.444) ''Salinger is an oddity, an obsessive, who commands respect..'(Kazin, Alfred p.446) These are just a portion of endless quotes which describe Salinger's impact on typical modern day literature critic. Throughout his career he has turned the heads of many people and has been an inspirational writer for the generations with such books as 'The Catcher in the Rye' and 'The Glass House,'
J.D.Salinger was born on the first of January 1919, in New York City, to Sol and Mirian Jilich Salinger. Salinger had one sister, Doris, that was eight years older than him. He attended public school on Manhattans upper west side. His grades where slightly above average. …