Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
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About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Disambiguation Notice:
(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.
Obras de Kurt Vonnegut
Novels & Stories, 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions… (2011) 374 cópias
Novels & Stories 1950-1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories (2012) 244 cópias
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five / The Sirens of Titan / Player Piano / Cat's Cradle / Breakfast of Champions /… (1980) 168 cópias
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2011) 102 cópias
If this isn't nice what is?, (much) expanded second edition: the graduation speeches and other words to live by (2014) 100 cópias
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live… (2020) 52 cópias
The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five (1988) 16 cópias
5 by Kurt Vonnegut jr. (5 volumes) (Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Welcome To… (1973) 15 cópias
If This isn't Nice, What is?: Advice for the Young by Kurt Vonnegut (2014) Hardcover (2013) 6 cópias
Thanasphere 6 cópias
Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, The Big Trip Up Yonder, Unready to Wear (2014) 5 cópias
Long Walk to Forever [short story] 4 cópias
The Big Space Fuck [short story] 4 cópias
Masters of Science Fiction, Vol 1 4 cópias
Hall of Mirrors 3 cópias
The Souvenir 3 cópias
Kirjailijan työ : Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Pasternak, Kurt Vonnegut (1985) 3 cópias
Utopia 14 - 1º volume 3 cópias
[Slapstick] [by: Kurt Vonnegut] 3 cópias
Sinbad (Singles Classic) 2 cópias
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1991-03-21) (1800) 2 cópias
Short Science Fiction Collection 051 2 cópias
Klavirski avtomat 2 cópias
Short Science Fiction Collection 020 2 cópias
Paldir Küldür 2 cópias
The Ides of March 2 cópias
Runaways 2 cópias
Works of K. Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan — Autor — 2 cópias
Utopia 14 - 2º Volume 2 cópias
Cold Turkey 2 cópias
Cats Cradle 1 exemplar(es)
О дивный новый мир 1 exemplar(es)
Essential Vonnegut Interviews CD (Caedmon Essentials) by Kurt, Jr. Vonnegut (2006-11-28) 1 exemplar(es)
Tšempionide eine 1 exemplar(es)
Café Da Manhã Dos Campeões 1 exemplar(es)
Galpagos 1 exemplar(es)
Payasadas, ¡o nunca más solos! 1 exemplar(es)
Cronosisma 1 exemplar(es)
slaughternhouse 1 exemplar(es)
Desayuno de campeones 1 exemplar(es)
The Complete Novels - Kurt Vonnegut 1 exemplar(es)
Kolybel' dlia koshki 1 exemplar(es)
Wampeters Foma & Granfallons 1 exemplar(es)
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(es)
The Indiscreet Mirror [article, in Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 16, 1984;… (1984) 1 exemplar(es)
Ülkesiz Bir Adam 1 exemplar(es)
Del 1 exemplar(es)
Kuşa Bak 1 exemplar(es)
Kurt Vonnegut: Listy 1 exemplar(es)
0083- Selected stories 1 exemplar(es)
ברוכים הבאים אל בית-הקוף 1 exemplar(es)
"Biblioteka sovremennoĭ fantastiki". ( Tom 12.) 1 exemplar(es)
Utópia 14 1 exemplar(es)
Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut (25-Jul-1994) Paperback 1 exemplar(es)
"Are These the Scariest Men In America?" "Creepshow," p. 17, David Hogan and "Slapstick," p. 4, Paul R. Gagne,… 1 exemplar(es)
Lot 3 books by Kurt Vonnegut,Jr., Galapagos a novel, Slaughter-House Five, Player Piano, (1974) 1 exemplar(es)
Bluebeard (Paladin Books) by Kurt Vonnegut (1992-12-03) 1 exemplar(es)
While Mortals Sleep 1 exemplar(es)
Μητέρα Νύχτα 1 exemplar(es)
Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945 1 exemplar(es)
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Cat's Cradle 1 exemplar(es)
All The King's Horses 1 exemplar(es)
Utopia 14, 2º vol 1 exemplar(es)
Người không quê hương 1 exemplar(es)
Utopia 14, 1º vol 1 exemplar(es)
La colazione dei campioni : ovvero Addio, triste lunedì! 1 exemplar(es)
Short Science Fiction Collection 047 1 exemplar(es)
תראה, ציפור : [סיפורים קצרים מהמגירה] 1 exemplar(es)
Short Science Fiction Collection 062 1 exemplar(es)
Short Science Fiction Collection 039 1 exemplar(es)
T B R 0 2 B 1 exemplar(es)
Mnemonics 1 exemplar(es)
Fortitude [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Sniadanie mistrzow czyli zegnaj czarny poniedzialku 1 exemplar(es)
Bagombo Snuff Box [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Bard books 1 exemplar(es)
Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing (in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 - EGGERS) 1 exemplar(es)
Welcome to the Monkey/Fortitude/The Big Space Fuck 1 exemplar(es)
Notes on Armagedon 1 exemplar(es)
Kurt Vonnegut's Welcome to the Monkey House 1 exemplar(es)
Kurt Vonnegut [sound recording] : a self-interview 1 exemplar(es)
The art of fiction no. 44: Kurt Vonnegut 1 exemplar(es)
Unpaid Consultant 1 exemplar(es)
The Package 1 exemplar(es)
The No-talent Kid 1 exemplar(es)
Poor Little Rich Town 1 exemplar(es)
The Cruise Of The Jolly Roger 1 exemplar(es)
Custom-made Bride 1 exemplar(es)
Ambitious Sophomore 1 exemplar(es)
A Present For Big Saint Nick 1 exemplar(es)
Der Arme Dolmetscher [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
Player Piano; Cat's Cradle; Slaughterhouse-five 1 exemplar(es)
The Boy Who Hated Girls 1 exemplar(es)
This Son Of Mine 1 exemplar(es)
A Night For Love 1 exemplar(es)
Find Me A Dream 1 exemplar(es)
Lovers Anonymous 1 exemplar(es)
Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp 1 exemplar(es)
Fuh-Kar-Wee Indians and the Christian Year 2000 1 exemplar(es)
"Drawing of His Friend, Yevtushenko" Broadside 1 exemplar(es)
The Woman of Andros and The Ides of March 1 exemplar(es)
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (21-Mar-1991) Paperback 1 exemplar(es)
Slaughter House Five or The Children's Crusade 1 exemplar(es)
Ready to read - Green line: The Ugly Duckling - book + audio CD (Italian Edition) (1998) 1 exemplar(es)
Bode Vermelho 1 exemplar(es)
Vremetres 1 exemplar(es)
Oko sokolovo 1 exemplar(es)
රෑ මාතා 1 exemplar(es)
2000x: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 1 exemplar(es)
Barbablù 1 exemplar(es)
Tieniti stretto il cappello. Potremmo arrivare molto lontano 1 exemplar(es)
The Chemistry Professor 1 exemplar(es)
Rare PLAYER PIANO by Kurt Vonnegut - 1st/BC HCDJ 1952 Scribner "A" [Hardcover] unknown 1 exemplar(es)
Un avanzo di galera 1 exemplar(es)
Zlituj się nad czytelnikiem. Zasady twórczego pisania 1 exemplar(es)
Requiem for Zeitgeist 1 exemplar(es)
The Drone King 1 exemplar(es)
"Reconsiliation: Slaughterhouse - The Film & the Novel," P.1, Film Heritage Magazine, Vol. 8, # 2, Winter/1972-3 by… 1 exemplar(es)
Promotional Photo (taken by Craig Studio of Photography, Cape Cod) "To Be Used in Connection With 'God Bless You Mr.… 1 exemplar(es)
[Lecture Program] "The Cohan Arts & Lecture Series Presents: 'An Evening With Kurt Vonnegut'" Johnson Hall, Moravian… 1 exemplar(es)
Any Reasonable Offer 1 exemplar(es)
"Slaughterhouse 5", (Universal One Sheet, Black & White Movie Poster), V.G.+ (folded, fold tears), # 6555 1 exemplar(es)
Novels & Stories 1976-1985 1 exemplar(es)
Novels & Stories 1987-1997 1 exemplar(es)
"The Children's Crusade: Review of Kurt Vonnegut and The Many Lives of Slaughterhouse Five," by Robert Welbezahl, Book… 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Contribuinte — 451 cópias
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Contribuinte — 183 cópias
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Contribuinte — 167 cópias
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (2009) — Contribuinte — 130 cópias
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contribuinte — 86 cópias
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Contribuinte — 69 cópias
Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard (1996) — Contribuinte — 52 cópias
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 27 cópias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1961) — Contribuinte — 20 cópias
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contribuinte — 14 cópias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "So it goes." — 9 cópias
Tider skal komme : 15 langtidsvarsler : en science fiction-antologi — Contribuinte — 4 cópias
Ki ょ う も 気 God prepared a short masterpiece SF election (Kadokawa library) (2010) — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
RDCBLP Saint Paul | Apostle to All Men | Horowitz and Mrs. Washington | The Foster Portfolio | Bel Ria (1980) 1 exemplar(es)
The Most Dangerous Game and Other Stories of Menace and Adventure (2013) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
S-Fマガジン 2007年 09月号 [雑誌] 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
- Data de nascimento
- 1922-11-11
- Data de falecimento
- 2007-04-11
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa da morte
- brain injuries incurred several weeks prior from a fall at his New York brownstone home
- Locais de residência
- New York, New York, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA - Educação
- University of Chicago
Cornell University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
University of Tennessee - Ocupação
- journalist
novelist
essayist
playwright
screenwriter - Relacionamentos
- Vonnegut, Mark (son)
Vonnegut, Edith (daughter)
Krementz, Jill (spouse) - Organizações
- American Humanist Association
U.S. Army (WWII|POW)
Iowa Writers' Workshop - Premiações
- 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 (mostrar todas 8)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2015)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2001) - Pequena biografia
- 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.
- Aviso de desambiguação
- 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.
Membros
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut [Hamilton Press 2001] em Fine Press Forum (Outubro 2022)
Sci-Fi Story, People Live Forever em Name that Book (Agosto 2017)
November 2013: Kurt Vonnegut em Monthly Author Reads (Novembro 2014)
1001 Group Read-December, 2012: Slaughterhouse Five em 1001 Books to read before you die (Janeiro 2013)
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