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American author (1919–2010)
Also known as: J.D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger, Jerome Salinger, Salinger, J・D・サリンジャー, Джером Дэвид Сэлинджер
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- The Catcher in the Rye (1945)
- Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters; and Seymour, An Introduction (1963)
- Nine Stories (1953)
- Franny and Zooey (1961)
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