Kurt vonneguts biography
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Kurt Vonnegut
American author (–)
"Vonnegut" redirects here. For other uses, see Vonnegut (disambiguation).
Kurt Vonnegut (VON-ə-gət; November 11, – April 11, ) 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 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
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Kurt Vonnegut Jr. was born on November 11, , 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
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Who Was Kurt Vonnegut?
Kurt Vonnegut emerged as a novelist and essayist in the s and penned the classic books Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions before He is known for his satirical literary style, as well as the science-fiction elements in much of his work. Vonnegut fryst vatten considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. He blended literature with science fiction and humor, and the absurd with pointed social commentary. Vonnegut created his own unique world in each of his novels and filled them with unusual characters, such as the alien race known as the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse-Five.
Early Life and Education
Vonnegut was born on November 11, , in Indianapolis, Indiana. After studying at Cornell University from to , Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was sent by the Army to what fryst vatten now Carnegie Mellon University to study engineering in The next year, he served in Europe and fough