J. D. Salinger

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:2010
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1940
gptkbp:adaptation gptkb:Catcher_in_the_Rye_(film_adaptation)
gptkbp:alias gptkb:J._D._Salinger
gptkbp:alma_mater gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:associated_act gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye_(film_adaptation)
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye_(musical_adaptation)
The Catcher in the Rye adaptation
The Catcher in the Rye film adaptation
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_New_Yorker
gptkb:The_New_York_Review_of_Books
gptkb:Harper_Collins
gptkb:Little,_Brown_and_Company
gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkb:The_Atlantic
gptkb:The_New_Republic
gptkb:The_Paris_Review
gptkb:The_New_York_Post
gptkb:The_Saturday_Evening_Post
gptkbp:awarded_to gptkb:Bronze_Star_Medal
gptkbp:awards gptkb:O._Henry_Award
gptkb:The_National_Book_Award
gptkb:The_New_York_Times_Best_Seller_list
gptkbp:birth_date 1919-01-01
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_USA
gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:born_in 1919
gptkbp:children gptkb:Sally_Salinger
gptkb:Margaret_Salinger
gptkb:Matthew_Salinger
gptkbp:controversy Reclusive lifestyle
gptkbp:cultural_impact influence on popular culture
influence on American literature
influence on young adult fiction
gptkbp:death_date 2010-01-27
gptkbp:death_place gptkb:Cornish,_New_Hampshire
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:2010
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_University
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Raise_High_the_Roof_Beam,_Carpenters
gptkb:Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:The_Glass_Family
gptkb:Franny_and_Zooey
gptkb:Nine_Stories
reclusive lifestyle
his complex characters
his criticism of materialism
his exploration of teenage angst
his use of colloquial language
exploration of teenage angst
literary criticism of materialism
Catcher in the Rye's themes
gptkbp:famous_person gptkb:Franny_Glass
gptkb:Zooey_Glass
gptkb:Seymour_Glass
gptkb:Buddy_Glass
gptkb:Holden_Caulfield
gptkbp:famous_quote “ It's full of phonies, and all you do is study so that you can learn enough to be smart enough to be able to buy a goddam Cadillac some day.”
“ The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.”
“ People always think something's all true.”
“ I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life. It's awful.”
“ You don't like anything that's happening.”
gptkbp:final_work_year gptkb:1965
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:short_story
gptkbp:has_been_restored civilian life after the war
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label J. D. Salinger
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Colson_Whitehead
gptkb:Michael_Chabon
gptkb:Stephen_Chbosky
gptkb:David_Foster_Wallace
gptkb:David_Mitchell
gptkb:Jennifer_Egan
gptkb:John_Green
gptkb:Philip_Roth
gptkb:Dame_Margaret_Atwood
gptkb:George_Saunders
gptkb:Chuck_Palahniuk
gptkb:Cormac_Mc_Carthy
gptkb:Don_De_Lillo
gptkb:Postmodern_literature
gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Yiyun_Li
gptkb:Salinger,_J._D.
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:J._K._Rowling
gptkb:Kazuo_Ishiguro
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkb:Zadie_Smith
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Haruki_Murakami
gptkb:Joyce_Carol_Oates
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:Richard_Ford
gptkb:Paul_Auster
gptkb:Harper_Lee
gptkb:Jonathan_Safran_Foer
gptkb:Jonathan_Franzen
gptkb:Ruth_Ozeki
American literature
Literary realism
Young adult fiction
American realism
Literary modernism
Young adult literature
Psychological fiction
Contemporary literature
Themes of identity
Post-war literature
Themes of alienation
Symbolism in literature
Character development in fiction
Anti-hero characters
Narrative structure in novels
Narrative voice in literature
Coming-of-age novels
Existential literature
Salinger’s works are studied in schools
Teenage angst themes
Themes of innocence
Literary style of dialogue
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:J._D._Salinger
gptkb:Leo_Tolstoy
gptkb:F._Scott_Fitzgerald
gptkb:Henry_James
gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:Ernest_Hemingway
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkbp:inspired Catcher in the Rye adaptations
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
reclusive lifestyle
Reclusive lifestyle
his reclusive nature
his criticism of society
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:cultural_icon
Influence on modern literature
Cult following
cult following
Influence on young writers
controversial figure in literature
impact on American literature
inspiration for other authors
symbol of literary reclusiveness
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkbp:military_service gptkb:1942
gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:name gptkb:None
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:Franny_Glass
gptkb:Zooey_Glass
gptkb:Seymour_Glass
gptkb:Buddy_Glass
gptkb:Holden_Caulfield
gptkbp:notable_influence American literature
Young adult fiction
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Raise_High_the_Roof_Beam,_Carpenters
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:Franny_and_Zooey
gptkb:Nine_Stories
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters and Seymour: An Introduction
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:short_stories
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:participated_in gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Cornish,_New_Hampshire
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Letters_to_J._D._Salinger
gptkb:Salinger:_The_Official_Biography
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye:_The_Musical
gptkb:The_Complete_Works_of_J._D._Salinger
gptkb:Salinger:_A_Biography
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye:_50th_Anniversary_Edition
The Family Glass
Three Early Stories
gptkbp:published_work gptkb:Raise_High_the_Roof_Beam,_Carpenters
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:Franny_and_Zooey
gptkb:Nine_Stories
The Franny and Zooey
gptkbp:reputation controversial figure
enigmatic personality
Cult figure
literary genius
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Cornish,_New_Hampshire
gptkb:Cornish,_New_Hampshire,_USA
gptkbp:result gptkb:Hapworth_16,_1924
published in The New Yorker
gptkbp:served_in gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Claire_Douglas
gptkbp:suffered_from PTSD after the war
gptkbp:used_military_experiences_in his writing
gptkbp:was_discharged_from Army in 1946
gptkbp:was_in_combat_in gptkb:European_Theater
gptkbp:was_influenced_by his time in the military
gptkbp:was_involved_in gptkb:Battle_of_the_Bulge
gptkb:D-Day
gptkbp:website https://www.jdsalinger.com
gptkbp:writing_style gptkb:Realism
Coming-of-age
Psychological fiction
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Raise_High_the_Roof_Beam,_Carpenters
gptkb:The_Catcher_in_the_Rye
gptkb:The_Family_Reunion
gptkb:The_Long_Way_Home
gptkb:The_Stranger
gptkb:A_Perfect_Day_for_Bananafish
gptkb:For_Esmé—with_Love_and_Squalor
gptkb:Franny_and_Zooey
gptkb:Hapworth_16,_1924
gptkb:Nine_Stories
gptkb:Teddy
gptkb:The_Laughing_Man
gptkb:Just_Before_the_War_with_the_Eskimos
gptkb:Uncle_Wiggily_in_Connecticut
The Young Folks
The Heart of a Broken Story
The Catcher in the Rye (novel)
The Inverted Forest
The Last and Best of the Old Guard
The Seymour Stories
his military experiences
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Vanderbilt_University
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3