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James Avati (1912–2005)

Author of The Catcher in the Rye

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Associated Works

The Catcher in the Rye (1951) — Cover artist, some editions — 76,813 copies, 1,192 reviews
Invisible Man (1952) — Cover designer, some editions — 18,307 copies, 231 reviews
The Seven Storey Mountain (1948) — Cover artist, some editions — 5,292 copies, 63 reviews
The Unvanquished (1938) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,195 copies, 17 reviews
Appointment in Samarra (1934) — Cover artist, some editions — 2,018 copies, 46 reviews
The Wild Palms (1939) — Cover artist, some editions — 1,478 copies, 18 reviews
God's Little Acre (1933) — Cover artist, some editions — 743 copies, 16 reviews
Sartoris (1929) — Cover artist, some editions — 689 copies, 4 reviews
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1950) — Cover artist, some editions — 371 copies, 4 reviews
Serenade (1937) — Cover artist, some editions — 369 copies, 7 reviews
The World of Suzie Wong (1957) — Cover artist, some editions — 303 copies, 5 reviews
Young Lonigan (1932) — Cover artist, some editions — 224 copies, 3 reviews
Tea and Sympathy: A Drama in Three Acts (1955) — Cover artist, some editions — 141 copies, 3 reviews
Sanctuary and Requiem for a Nun (1951) — Cover artist — 131 copies, 1 review
The Troubled Air (1941) — Cover artist, some editions — 90 copies, 4 reviews
Tragic Ground (1944) — Cover artist, some editions — 77 copies, 3 reviews
This Very Earth (1948) — Cover artist, some editions — 64 copies, 1 review
Judgment Day (1935) — Cover artist, some editions — 47 copies
The Sure Hand of God (1947) — Cover artist, some editions — 43 copies, 1 review
A World I Never Made (1936) — Cover artist, some editions — 39 copies, 1 review
The Wild Palms [and] The Old Man (1960) — Cover artist — 35 copies
Only the Dead Know Brooklyn: Stories (1960) — Cover artist — 30 copies, 1 review
Love and Money (1954) — Cover artist, some editions — 22 copies
The Courting of Susie Brown (1952) — Cover artist, some editions — 18 copies
Margaret (1960) — Cover artist, some editions — 5 copies
A Tale of Poor Lovers [abridged] — Cover artist — 4 copies
Crime and Punishment: A Popular Condensation (1949) — Cover artist — 2 copies
The American Magazine, November 1950 — Illustrator — 1 copy

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Birthdate
1912-12-14
Date of death
2005-02-27
Gender
male
Education
Princeton University
Occupations
window dresser
commercial artist
Nationality
USA
Birthplace
Bloomfield, New Jersey, USA
Place of death
Petaluma, California, USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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