j.d. salinger: his life&work
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J.D. SALINGER HIS LIFE AND WORK
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CONTENTSSynopsisEarly LifeAspiring WriterMilitary ServiceThe Catcher in the RyeReclusive LifestylePersonal Life and Legacy
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SYNOPSISBorn on January 1, 1919, in New YorkSlim body of work and reclusive lifestyleThe Catcher in the RyeHis stories mostly appeared on the New York TimesIn 1953, moved from New York CityPublished only one new story before his death.
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EARLY LIFEThe youngest of two children born to Sol SalingerThe son of a rabbi His mother’s non-Jewish background was so well hidden Known as Sonny as a childGrew up in in New York's Upper West SideShipped off by his parents to Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
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ASPIRING WRITERAttended New York University before heading off to EuropeSpent the bulk of his five months overseas in ViennaTook night classes at Columbia UniversityMet a Professor Whit BurnettHis work appeared in Story, and in other big-name publications such as Collier's and the Saturday Evening Post
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MILITARY SERVICEWorld War II interrupted his lifeDrafted into the army, serving from 1942-'44Early attempts to write a novel about a dissatisfied man- Holden CaulfieldWar related traumaMarried a second time in 1955 to Claire DouglasTwo children together, Margaret and Matthew
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYEReturned to New York in 1946His work published in his favorite magazine, The New Yorkerin 1951, The Catcher in the Rye was publishedTo date the book has sold more than 65 million copies
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THE CATCHER IN THE RYECaulfield has become as entrenched in the American psyche Mark David Chapman found with a copy of the book at the time of his arrestCatcher vaulted Salinger to a level of unrivaled literary fameThe success of the book became something he ran away from
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RECLUSIVE LIFESTYLEIn 1953 retreated to a secluded, 90-acre place in Cornish, New Hampshire«Franny and Zooey» and «Raise High the Roof Beam» published in book form in the early 1960s«Hapworth» was the last Salinger piece ever to be published while he was still alive
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PERSONAL LIFE AND LEGACYIn 1966, Claire Douglas sued for divorceRelationship with a 18 year old Yale student Joyce Maynard1998 Maynard wrote about her time with Salinger in a salacious memoir In 2000, Salinger's daughter Margaret wrote an equally negative account of her father
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PERSONAL LIFE AND LEGACYDated the actress Ellen JoyceMarried a young nurse named Colleen O'NeillThe two were married up until his death on January 27, 2010, at his home in Cornish10 finished novels locked away in his houseIn 2013, new light was shed on Salinger's life and work
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THE JD SALINGER DOCUMENTARY
THANK YOU! Feryal ÇİÇEK BİLGİNMARMARA UNIVERSITY ENGLISH LANGUAGE [email protected]