Ministry of higher education, science and

 
Lifespan:
January 12, 1876 – November 22, 1916 
NOVEL
YEAR 
The Call of the Wild 
1903 
White Fang 
1906 
Martin Eden 
1909 

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JOSEPH HELLER 
Lifespan:
May 1, 1923 – December 12, 1999 
Son of poor Jewish immigrants from Russia, Joseph 
Heller graduated 
from Abraham 
Lincoln 
High 
School in 1941 and began work as a file clerk for an 
insurance agency. In 1942, as the United States joined 
World War II, Heller joined the U.S. Army Air Corps. 
Two years later he was sent to the Italian Front, where 
he flew 60 combat missions as a B-25 bombardier. 
After the war, Heller studied English receiving 
an M.A. at Columbia University in 1949. He then taught 
English at Pennsylvania State University (1950–52). In 
1953, Heller began writing Catch-22, the work that would permanently etch his 
name in American literature. Set during World War II, the novel is widely regarded 
as one of the greatest literary works of the 20th century. Heller wrote another six 
novels which sold well. However, they were inevitably overshadowed by the success 
of Catch-22. Heller also wrote an autobiography, Now and Then: From Coney Island 
to Here (1998), and his dramatic work includes the play We Bombed in New Haven 
(1968). 
 Famous Novels:-
NOVEL
YEAR 
Catch-22 
1961 
Something Happened 
1974 
Closing Time 
1994 

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J. D. SALINGER 
Lifespan:
January 1, 1919 – January 27, 2010 
After 
brief 
periods 
at 
New 
York 
and 
Columbia universities, Jerome David Salinger devoted 
himself entirely to writing. His stories began to appear in 
periodicals in 1940. In 1942, Salinger was drafted into 
the United States army. During the Second World War, he 
saw combat with the 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Infantry 
Division. He was present at Utah Beach on D-Day, in 
the Battle of the Bulge, and the Battle of Hurtgen Forest. 
His most famous work, The Catcher in the Rye, was