J. D. Salinger J. D. Salinger Jerome David Salinger (; January 1, 1919 January 27, 2010) was an American writer known for his widely read novel, "The Catcher in the Rye". Following his early success publishing short stories and "The Catcher in the Rye", Salinger led a very private life for more than a half-century. He published his final original work in 1965 and gave his last interview in 1980. Salinger was raised in Manhattan and began writing short stories while in secondary school. Several were published in "Story" magazine in the early 1940s before he began serving in World War II. In
Julie Salinger Julie Salinger Julie Salinger, née Braun (31 July 1863 – 16 September 1942) was a German liberal politician and one of the first female members of the parliament of Saxony. Salinger was born Julie Braun in Ortelsburg, East Prussia (Szczytno). She married Julius Israel Salinger, a lawyer (1855–1921), in 1886, her son Paul was born in 1887. About 1897 the family moved to Dresden, Saxony where Salinger started to engage in the Jewish community and the local women's movement. Throughout World War I Salinger worked in the Central Committee for the wartime organization of Dresden associations (Zentralausschuss der Kriegsorganisation Dresdner