Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
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The appeal of Kurt Vonnegut, especially to bright younger readers of the past few decades, may be attributed partly to the fact that he is one of the few writers who have successfully straddled the imaginary line between science-fiction/fantasy and "real literature." He was born in Indianapolis and visa mer attended Cornell University, but his college education was interrupted by World War II. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and imprisoned in Dresden, he received a Purple Heart for what he calls a "ludicrously negligible wound." After the war he returned to Cornell and then earned his M.A. at the University of Chicago.He worked as a police reporter and in public relations before placing several short stories in the popular magazines and beginning his career as a novelist. His first novel, Player Piano (1952), is a highly credible account of a future mechanistic society in which people count for little and machines for much. The Sirens of Titan (1959), is the story of a playboy whisked off to Mars and outer space in order to learn some humbling lessons about Earth's modest function in the total scheme of things. Mother Night (1962) satirizes the Nazi mentality in its narrative about an American writer who broadcasts propaganda in Germany during the war as an Allied agent. Cat's Cradle (1963) makes use of some of Vonnegut's experiences in General Electric laboratories in its story about the discovery of a special kind of ice that destroys the world. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) satirizes a benevolent foundation set up to foster the salvation of the world through love, an endeavor with, of course, disastrous results. Slaughterhouse-Five; or The Children's Crusade (1969) is the book that marked a turning point in Vonnegut's career. Based on his experiences in Dresden, it is the story of another Vonnegut surrogate named Billy Pilgrim who travels back and forth in time and becomes a kind of modern-day Everyman. The novel was something of a cult book during the Vietnam era for its antiwar sentiments. Breakfast of Champions (1973), the story of a Pontiac dealer who goes crazy after reading a science fiction novel by "Kilgore Trout," received generally unfavorable reviews but was a commercial success. Slapstick (1976), dedicated to the memory of Laurel and Hardy, is the somewhat wacky memoir of a 100-year-old ex-president who thinks he can solve society's problems by giving everyone a new middle name. In addition to his fiction, Vonnegut has published nonfiction on social problems and other topics, some of which is collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974). He died from head injuries sustained in a fall on April 11, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Särskiljningsinformation:
(eng) Kilgore Trout, the name of a character in several of Kurt Vonnegut's books, was later used as a pseudonym by Philip José Farmer. Vonnegut himself never wrote under or went by the name Kilgore Trout.
Verk av Kurt Vonnegut
Novels & Stories, 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions… (2011) 370 exemplar
Novels & Stories 1950-1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories (2012) 241 exemplar
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five / The Sirens of Titan / Player Piano / Cat's Cradle / Breakfast of Champions /… (1980) 168 exemplar
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2011) 101 exemplar
If this isn't nice what is?, (much) expanded second edition: the graduation speeches and other words to live by (2014) 100 exemplar
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live… (2020) 51 exemplar
The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five (1988) 16 exemplar
5 by Kurt Vonnegut jr. (5 volumes) (Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Welcome To… (1973) 15 exemplar
Thanasphere 6 exemplar
If This isn't Nice, What is?: Advice for the Young by Kurt Vonnegut (2014) Hardcover (2013) 6 exemplar
Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, The Big Trip Up Yonder, Unready to Wear (2014) 5 exemplar
Masters of Science Fiction, Vol 1 4 exemplar
The Big Space Fuck [short story] 4 exemplar
Long Walk to Forever [short story] 4 exemplar
Wampeters Foma & Granfalloons (opinions) 3 exemplar
The Souvenir 3 exemplar
Utopia 14 - 1º volume 3 exemplar
Hall of Mirrors 3 exemplar
Kirjailijan työ : Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Pasternak, Kurt Vonnegut (1985) 3 exemplar
[Slapstick] [by: Kurt Vonnegut] 3 exemplar
The Ides of March 2 exemplar
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1991-03-21) (1800) 2 exemplar
Sinbad (Singles Classic) 2 exemplar
Klavirski avtomat 2 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 020 2 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 051 2 exemplar
Works of K. Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan — Författare — 2 exemplar
Cat's Cradle / Welcome to the Monkey House 2 exemplar
Runaways 2 exemplar
Da Tutte le Strade si alzeranno lamenti. 2 exemplar
Cold Turkey 2 exemplar
Utopia 14 - 2º Volume 2 exemplar
Lovers Anonymous 1 exemplar
All The King's Horses 1 exemplar
Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp 1 exemplar
Lot 3 books by Kurt Vonnegut,Jr., Galapagos a novel, Slaughter-House Five, Player Piano, (1974) 1 exemplar
While Mortals Sleep 1 exemplar
Utópia 14 1 exemplar
Μητέρα Νύχτα 1 exemplar
Người không quê hương 1 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 047 1 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 062 1 exemplar
Short Science Fiction Collection 039 1 exemplar
Cronosisma 1 exemplar
Payasadas, ¡o nunca más solos! 1 exemplar
Desayuno de campeones 1 exemplar
Café Da Manhã Dos Campeões 1 exemplar
Tšempionide eine 1 exemplar
О дивный новый мир 1 exemplar
Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing (in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 - EGGERS) 1 exemplar
Bard books 1 exemplar
Notes on Armagedon 1 exemplar
Mnemonics 1 exemplar
slaughternhouse 1 exemplar
Del 1 exemplar
カート・ヴォネガット全短篇 2 バーンハウス効果に関する報告書 1 exemplar
Wampeters Foma & Granfallons 1 exemplar
Kolybel' dlia koshki 1 exemplar
The Complete Novels - Kurt Vonnegut 1 exemplar
Galpagos 1 exemplar
Cats Cradle 1 exemplar
0083- Selected stories 1 exemplar
ברוכים הבאים אל בית-הקוף 1 exemplar
תראה, ציפור : [סיפורים קצרים מהמגירה] 1 exemplar
Utopia 14, 1º vol 1 exemplar
Utopia 14, 2º vol 1 exemplar
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Cat's Cradle 1 exemplar
Any Reasonable Offer 1 exemplar
Ambitious Sophomore 1 exemplar
A Present For Big Saint Nick 1 exemplar
Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House 1 exemplar
Unpaid Consultant 1 exemplar
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Reads Welcome to the Monkey House, New Dictionary, and Harrison Bergeron 1 exemplar
Der Arme Dolmetscher [short story] 1 exemplar
The Boy Who Hated Girls 1 exemplar
Novels & Stories 1987-1997 1 exemplar
Novels & Stories 1976-1985 1 exemplar
This Son Of Mine 1 exemplar
A Night For Love 1 exemplar
Custom-made Bride 1 exemplar
Bagombo Snuff Box [short story] 1 exemplar
Find Me A Dream 1 exemplar
The Drone King 1 exemplar
Requiem for Zeitgeist 1 exemplar
The Woman of Andros and The Ides of March 1 exemplar
The Package 1 exemplar
The Chemistry Professor 1 exemplar
The Indiscreet Mirror [article, in Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 16, 1984;… (1984) 1 exemplar
The art of fiction no. 44: Kurt Vonnegut 1 exemplar
The No-talent Kid 1 exemplar
Kurt Vonnegut: Listy 1 exemplar
T B R 0 2 B 1 exemplar
Un avanzo di galera 1 exemplar
Fortitude [short story] 1 exemplar
Poor Little Rich Town 1 exemplar
Barbablù 1 exemplar
The Cruise Of The Jolly Roger 1 exemplar
2000x: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 1 exemplar
රෑ මාතා 1 exemplar
Oko sokolovo 1 exemplar
Vremetres 1 exemplar
Bode Vermelho 1 exemplar
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RDCBLP Saint Paul | Apostle to All Men | Horowitz and Mrs. Washington | The Foster Portfolio | Bel Ria (1980) 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
- Födelsedag
- 1922-11-11
- Avled
- 2007-04-11
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (för karta)
- USA
- Födelseort
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Dödsort
- New York, New York, USA
- Dödsorsak
- brain injuries incurred several weeks prior from a fall at his New York brownstone home
- Bostadsorter
- New York, New York, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA - Utbildning
- University of Chicago
Cornell University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
University of Tennessee - Yrken
- journalist
novelist
essayist
playwright
screenwriter - Relationer
- Vonnegut, Mark (son)
Vonnegut, Edith (daughter)
Krementz, Jill (spouse) - Organisationer
- American Humanist Association
U.S. Army (WWII|POW)
Iowa Writers' Workshop - Priser och utmärkelser
- State Author of New York/Edith Wharton Citation of Merit (2001-03)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award [1970]
Humanist of the Year [1992]
Asteroid Namesake [2539]
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal (visa alla 8)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2015)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2001) - Kort biografi
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr est né à Indianapolis en 1922. Prisonnier de guerre à Dresde pendant cinq mois, il y fut témoin du bombardement de 1945. De retour aux États-Unis, il se mit à écrire. Son roman le plus célèbre, Abattoir 5, resta pendant trois mois en tête des best-sellers américains.
- Särskiljningsnotis
- Kilgore Trout, the name of a character in several of Kurt Vonnegut's books, was later used as a pseudonym by Philip José Farmer. Vonnegut himself never wrote under or went by the name Kilgore Trout.
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut [Hamilton Press 2001] i Fine Press Forum (oktober 2022)
Sci-Fi Story, People Live Forever i Name that Book (augusti 2017)
November 2013: Kurt Vonnegut i Monthly Author Reads (november 2014)
1001 Group Read-December, 2012: Slaughterhouse Five i 1001 Books to read before you die (januari 2013)
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