Salinger, J.D.
From Astro-Databank
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| Birthname | Salinger, Jerome David | ||
| born on | 1 January 1919 | ||
| Place | New York NY, USA, 40n42, 74w00 | ||
| Timezone | EST h5w (is standard time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   10°15'  or 
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Biography
American writer with a minimum output and excessively reclusive, but famed as a cult favorite. In 1951 he published his one and only novel, "Catcher in the Rye." Short stories, essays and letters were his total output; he has not published a word since 1965, gives no interviews and shuns his fans.
Serving in WW II, Salinger had a short marriage to a young French doctor. He made a second marriage in 1955 for 12 years, producing two kids, a boy and a girl. He studied the teachings of Ramakrishna.
On 6/22/1999, 14 letters written to a young woman of 18 when he was 53 were sold by her in auction for $156,000. Legally, the letters were Joyce Maynard's property, but the words are Salinger's and may not be published without his permission. The buyer, philanthropist Peter Norton, said he would return the letters to Salinger; he has not responded.
Source Notes
Date from media, time unknown
Biography: Ian Hamilton, "In Search of J.D. Salinger," 1988
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Fiction (One novel)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Two)
- Personal : Religion/Spirituality : Theosophy/Vedanta (Vedanta)
- Family : Relationship : Stress - Extramarital affairs (Romance with 18-year-old)
