Kurt vonnegut biography kurt vonnegut was born in indianapolis, indiana, on november 11, 1922. Find out more about american novelist kurt vonnegut, who wrote the classic novels breakfast of champions and slaughterhousefive. The book on vonnegut, who died in 2007, lifts the lid on the writers private life, revealing a man far removed from the grandfatherlike public figure his millions of devotees adored. Kurt vonnegut biography life, children, story, death. A brief biography kurt vonnegut museum and library.
Kurt vonneguts dark, sad, cruel side is laid bare books. Marc leeds is the author of the indispensable new book, the vonnegut encyclopedia, a musthave for any fan of kurt vonnegut and his books. Born and raised in indianapolis, indiana, vonnegut attended cornell university but dropped out in january 1943 and enlisted in the united states army. He studied biochemistry at cornell university 19402 before attending the. Kurtvonnegutprintscom the official website of kurt.
Edition of 73 two color silkscreen on white rising stonehenge deckle edge cotton paper 11 x 15 inches. Explore books by kurt vonnegut with our selection at. His writings have left a deep influence on the american literature of the 20th century. He studied at the universities of chicago and tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. Top ten vonnegut books as an avid fan of the late kurt vonnegut jr.
Kurt vonnegut died in 2007, but one gets the sense from charles j. Kurt vonnegut, american writer noted for his wryly satirical novels that highlight the horrors and ironies of 20thcentury civilization. In this lesson, well examine the ups and downs of kurt vonneguts life and career, exploring connections between his novels and the events that influenced them. During world war ii when he was a prisoner of the german army, vonnegut witnessed the allied bombing of dresden, germany, which destroyed the city and killed more than one hundred thirtyfive thousand people. Shieldss sad, often heartbreaking biography, and so it goes, that he. Kurt vonneguts dark, sad, cruel side is laid bare kurt vonnegut. Vonneguts use of the massive, unrelenting allied firebombing of dresden in world war ii as the pivotal image of the novel was a natural analogy to the united. Leeds, cofounder and founding president of the kurt vonnegut society, as well as a founding board member of the kurt vonnegut museum and library in indianapolis. Vonneguts masterpiece was slaughterhousefive, the novelistic account of being present at the destruction of dresden by firebombing in 1945. Vonnegut described slaughterhousefive as a novel he was compelled to write, since it is based on one of the most extraordinary and significant events of his life. Home bio books news order bio books news order screenprints sculpture. And so it goes was written by charles shields, who also wrote a controversial biography of harper lee, author of to kill a mockingbird. Kurt vonnegut biography cliffsnotes study guides book. The bibliography of kurt vonnegut 19222007 includes essays, books and fiction, as well.
Kurt vonnegut biography some of kurt vonnegut s critics have called him a skeptic, a pessimist, a fatalist, a malcontent everything from a cynic to a worrywart. Vonnegut created his own unusual world in the novels he wrote making them a blend of literature, science fiction and humor accompanied with absurd social commentary. Rosewater and, in 1969, his dresden novel, slaughterhousefive. Kurt vonneguts son attacks biography of his father. He is most famous for his darkly satirical, bestselling novel slaughterhousefive. This silkscreened image, or oversize sampler suitable for framing, if you like was created by origami express, which is kurt vonnegut and joe petro iii.
The books antiwar sentiment resonated with its readers. In a career spanning over 50 years, vonnegut published fourteen novels, three short story collections, five plays, and five works of nonfiction, with further collections being published after his death. This experience formed the basis for his most famous work, slaughterhousefive and is a theme in a number of his other books. Vonnegut began his literary career with science fiction short stories and novels, but abandoned the genre to focus on political writings and painting in his later life. The bibliography of kurt vonnegut 19222007 includes essays, books and fiction, as well as film and television adaptations of works written by the indianapolisborn author. In these books, vonnegut mastered his trademark black comic voice, making his audience.
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