他于 1919 年 1 月 1 日出生于杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格 (Jerome David Salinger)，是一位美国作家，以其 1951 年的小说《麦田里的守望者》而闻名。在出版之前，塞林格在 Story 杂志上发表了几篇短篇小说，并在第二次世界大战中服役。 1948年，他的著名小说《香蕉鱼的完美一天》出现在《纽约客》上，随后出版了他的多部作品。
《麦田守望者》一炮而红。塞林格对主人公霍尔顿考菲尔德的青少年疏离和失去纯真的描绘得到了支持，尤其是在青少年读者中。这部小说被广泛阅读并引起争议，它的成功引起了公众的兴趣和审查。塞林格成为了一个隐居的、不那么频繁的出版商。 Catcher 紧随其后出版了短篇小说集《九个故事》（1953）； Franny & Zoe (1961)，包含小说和短篇小说的卷；和一本包含两本小说的卷，高高举起天花板梁，木匠和西摩：介绍（1963）。
1965 年 6 月 19 日，塞林格的最后一部作品《Hapworth 16, 1924》发表在《纽约客》上。此后，塞林格挣扎于不受欢迎的关注中，包括 1980 年代与传记作者伊恩·汉密尔顿的一场官司以及他晚年的出版1990 年代由两个与他关系密切的人撰写的回忆录：乔伊斯·梅纳德 (Joyce Maynard)，前情人；和女儿玛格丽特·塞林格。
For Esmé—with Love and Squalor pdf 杰罗姆·大卫·塞林格
"For Esmé - With Love and Filthiness" is a short story by J.D Salinger. The film tells of a sergeant's encounter with a young girl before he is sent to fight in World War II. Originally published in The New Yorker on April 8, 1950, it was composed in nine Salinger stories two years later (while the collection's American title is nine stories, it is titled For Esmé - with Love & Squalor in most countries).
The short story was immediately popular with readers. Less than two weeks after its publication, on April 20, Salinger had already received more messages about "For Esmé" than he had in any story he had published. One of the best literary works of World War II. Author Paul Alexander calls it a "small masterpiece."
When Salinger presented the story to The New Yorker in late 1949, it was initially redone, then re-corrected his manuscript, shortening it to six pages.
........The story begins with the narrator having to respond to an invitation to attend a wedding taking place in England, and the narrator will not be able to attend, because the wedding date conflicts with a planned visit from his wife's mother. The narrator does not know the groom, but he knows the bride, and he met her about six years ago. His response to the invitation was to make some written notes regarding the bride.
The first two episodes narrated by the narrator occur during a stormy afternoon in Devon, England, in 1944. A group of American recruits finish training in intelligence operations at D-Day landings. The narrator takes a solitary walk through the city, and enters the church to listen to the rehearsal of the children's choir. One of the choir members, a thirteen-year-old girl, has a presence and relay that catches his eye. When he leaves, he finds that he has been strangely touched by the children's "mellow and emotional" singing.
The narrator plunges into the tea room to escape the rain, and meets the girl again, this time accompanied by her little brother and their nanny. When feeling lonely, the girl engages the narrator in the conversation. We learned that her name is my name, and that she and her brother Charles Yetman - the mother who died, the father who was killed in North Africa while serving in the British army. She wears his massive military wristwatch as a memory. Esmé is bright, well mannered, and mature for her age, but worries that she might be a "cold person" and strives to be "more empathetic."
In the next episode the scene turns into a military one, and there is a deliberate shift in point of view. The narrator no longer refers to himself as "I," but rather to "Sergeant X." Allied forces occupy Europe in the weeks following D-Day. Sergeant X is stationed in Bavaria, and has just returned to his residence after visiting a field hospital where he was treated for a nervous breakdown. He still has symptoms of a mental disorder. "Corporal Z" (nickname Clay), a fellow soldier who served closely with him, casually and harshly comments on the sergeant's physical deterioration. When Clay leaves, Sergeant X begins searching for a batch of unopened letters and discovers a small package, postmarked from Devon about a year ago. It contains a letter from Esmé and Charles, and it encloses her father's wristwatch - a "talisman" - and suggests Sergeant X "wear it for the duration of the war". He moved deeply, and immediately began recovering from his descent into disappointment and spiritual vacancy, and regained his "queens".