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Matt Salinger: ‘My father was writing for 50 years without publishing. That’s a lot of material’
Among all the dispute and conjecture that has surrounded the life of JD Salinger, one mystery remains especially puzzling. What did he produce after ceasing to publish his writing in 1965, and will it ever be read? It seemed possible that more work would come to light after Salinger’s death in 2010. In 2013 a documentary and accompanying book claimed, among other things, to describe the contents of five new Salinger books that would be forthcoming by 2020 at the latest, yet here we are at his centenary and there has been no sign.
I ask Salinger’s son Matt about the rumours of new material when we meet for breakfast near his home in Connecticut, and he doesn’t mince words. “They’re total trash,” he says. “The specific bullet-point dramatic quote-unquote reveals that have been made are utter bullshit. They have little to no bearing on reality.” He has been reluctant, until now, to talk about his father at all. “I’ve gotten away with not having this kind of conversation for 58 years,”
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Matt Salinger
American actor (born 1960)
Matt Salinger | |
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| Born | Matthew Douglas Salinger (1960-02-13) February 13, 1960 (age 65) Windsor, Vermont, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (B.A., Art History, 1983) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | since 1984 |
| Spouse | Betsy Becker (m. 1985) |
| Children | 2 |
| Father | J. D. Salinger |
Matthew Douglas Salinger (SAL-in-jər; born February 13, 1960) is an American actor. He is known for his appearances in the films Revenge of the Nerds and Captain America.
Early life
Salinger was born February 13, 1960, in Windsor, Vermont, the son of author J. D. Salinger and psychologist Alison Claire Douglas.[1][2] Salinger's maternal grandfather was British art critic Robert Langton Douglas.[3] He has a sister, Margaret Salinger.[4][5] His father was of paternal Lithuanian-Jewish descent.[6][7][8]
Salinger attended North Country School in Keene, New York for junior high school. Sa
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Matt Salinger wants to put the record straight
When Matt Salinger strolls into the lobby of 80 Strand, offices of Penguin Random House in London, he’s not hard to spot. He is tall and lean, as his father was; and his face has a similar craggy handsomeness. He shakes my hand warmly; and there is too in his gaze a directness I’m sure I’ve seen in photographs of J. D. Salinger. Simon Prosser, Publishing Director of Hamish Hamilton, has just taken Matt to lunch and signs him into the building, carefully spelling his name for security – which makes me smile. Like generations of devoted readers around the world, Salinger is a name I feel I’ve always known nearly as well as my own. It’s extraordinary to find myself speaking to his son.
And pretty extraordinary for Matt, too, or so it seems. Sitting down with the likes of me was never really part of the plan. But as he says to me now, it’s the centenary year of his father’s birth and Penguin have just released elegant new editions of Salinger’s four published books. ‘I thought that deserved a little support,’ Matt says. ‘A
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