Jerome David Salinger was born in 1919 and died in 2010. The authors moste popular book is "The Catcher in the Rye" which was published in 1951. That book became a worldwide success and Salinger got a lot of unwonted attention. He couldn´t really deal with that, so he moved to Cornish, New Hampshire, to be alone with his family and without the press. Since then, he never gabe interviews to a newspaper or anything.
The only thing he would do, was giving a few interviews to students who wanted to ask him about his writing.
Eventhough he could have made a lot of money, he refused and stayed by his on trying to protect his privacy.
"I am a writer, I will continue to write, but not for "the people". I write for myself, and my family. I never owed anyone anything. I gave something and now I am done"
You could feel sort of sorry for him, but he somehow seems to me a litte bit selfish. Like his daughter was never able to live a normal live cause she had to pretty much stay with him in his lonelyness.
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