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Kurt Vonnegut

American author (1922–2007)

"Vonnegut" redirects here. For other uses, see Vonnegut (disambiguation).

Kurt Vonnegut (VON-ə-gət; November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels.^[1] His published work includes fourteen novels, three short-story collections, five plays, and five nonfiction works over fifty-plus years; further works have been published since his death.

Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut attended Cornell University, but withdrew in January 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Army. As part of his training, he studied mechanical engineering at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and the University of Tennessee. He was then deployed to Europe to fight in World War II and was captured by the Germans during the Battle of the Bulge. He was interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a meat locker of the slaughterhouse where he was imprisoned. After the war, he married Jane Marie Cox. He and his wife both attended the University of Chicago while he w

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Title Date Notes About This Play1975Introduction to Happy Birthday, Wanda JuneAddress to P.E.N. Conference in Stockholm, 19731973Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons"As a Kid I Was the Youngest"Published in Man Without a Country"America: Right and Wrong"September 12, 1992Published in The Montreal Gazette"American Christmas Card 2004"December 23, 2004Published in In These Times"Der Arme Dolmetscher" (English: "The Poor Interpreters") July 1955Published in The Atlantic Monthly, collected in Bagombo Snuff BoxAuthor's Note to BluebeardOctober 1987Author's Note to Man Without a CountrySeptember 22, 2005"Avoiding the Big Bang"June 13, 1982Published in The New York Times"Bernard Vonnegut: The Rainmaker"January 4, 1998Obituary for his brother, published in The New York Times"The Best of Bob and Ray"Book introduction published in Palm Sunday"Biafra: A People Betrayed"1970Published in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons"Brief Enco

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, Indiana, a city he would later use in his novels as a symbol of American values.

Kurt Sr. was one of the most prominent architects in the city, and his wife, Edith, was the daughter of a wealthy Indianapolis brewer. Kurt Jr. was the youngest of their three children, along with middle child Alice and first-born Bernard.

The fortunes of the family changed dramatically during the Depression when Kurt Sr. saw his architectural business disappear. He had to sell the family home and take young Kurt out of private school, the Orchard School where, in kindergarten, Kurt had met Jane Cox, who eventually became his wife.

This radical change in economic circumstances caused Kurt Sr. virtually to give up on life and Edith to become addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs. Kurt Jr.’s lifelong pessimism clearly had its roots in his parents’ despairing response to being blindsided by the Depression.

Teen Years

At Shortridge High, Vonnegut wrote for the student paper, The Echo, and he continued his interest in journalism