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 mostra altro 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) mostra meno
Nota di disambiguazione:
(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.
Opere di Kurt Vonnegut
Ricordando l'apocalisse e altri scritti nuovi e inediti sulla guerra e sulla pace (2008) 1,940 copie
Novels & Stories, 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions… (2011) 370 copie
Novels & Stories 1950-1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories (2012) 241 copie
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five / The Sirens of Titan / Player Piano / Cat's Cradle / Breakfast of Champions /… (1980) 168 copie
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2011) 101 copie
If this isn't nice what is?, (much) expanded second edition: the graduation speeches and other words to live by (2014) 100 copie
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live… (2020) 51 copie
The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five (1988) 16 copie
5 by Kurt Vonnegut jr. (5 volumes) (Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Welcome To… (1973) 15 copie
Thanasphere 6 copie
Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, The Big Trip Up Yonder, Unready to Wear (2014) 5 copie
The Big Space Fuck [short story] 4 copie
The Souvenir 3 copie
Utopia 14 - 1º volume 3 copie
Hall of Mirrors 3 copie
Kirjailijan työ : Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Pasternak, Kurt Vonnegut (1985) 3 copie
[Slapstick] [by: Kurt Vonnegut] 3 copie
The Ides of March 2 copie
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1991-03-21) (1800) 2 copie
Sinbad (Singles Classic) 2 copie
Klavirski avtomat 2 copie
Works of K. Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan — Autore — 2 copie
Runaways 2 copie
Cold Turkey 2 copie
Utopia 14 - 2º Volume 2 copie
Lovers Anonymous 1 copia
All The King's Horses 1 copia
Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp 1 copia
Lot 3 books by Kurt Vonnegut,Jr., Galapagos a novel, Slaughter-House Five, Player Piano, (1974) 1 copia
While Mortals Sleep 1 copia
Utópia 14 1 copia
Μητέρα Νύχτα 1 copia
Người không quê hương 1 copia
Cronosisma 1 copia
Payasadas, ¡o nunca más solos! 1 copia
Desayuno de campeones 1 copia
Café Da Manhã Dos Campeões 1 copia
Tšempionide eine 1 copia
О дивный новый мир 1 copia
Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing (in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 - EGGERS) 1 copia
Bard books 1 copia
Notes on Armagedon 1 copia
Mnemonics 1 copia
slaughternhouse 1 copia
Del 1 copia
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 copia
Wampeters Foma & Granfallons 1 copia
Kolybel' dlia koshki 1 copia
Galpagos 1 copia
Cats Cradle 1 copia
0083- Selected stories 1 copia
ברוכים הבאים אל בית-הקוף 1 copia
Utopia 14, 1º vol 1 copia
Utopia 14, 2º vol 1 copia
Any Reasonable Offer 1 copia
Ambitious Sophomore 1 copia
A Present For Big Saint Nick 1 copia
Unpaid Consultant 1 copia
The Boy Who Hated Girls 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1987-1997 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1976-1985 1 copia
This Son Of Mine 1 copia
A Night For Love 1 copia
Custom-made Bride 1 copia
Bagombo Snuff Box [short story] 1 copia
Find Me A Dream 1 copia
The Drone King 1 copia
Requiem for Zeitgeist 1 copia
The Package 1 copia
The Chemistry Professor 1 copia
The Indiscreet Mirror [article, in Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 16, 1984;… (1984) 1 copia
The No-talent Kid 1 copia
Kurt Vonnegut: Listy 1 copia
T B R 0 2 B 1 copia
Un avanzo di galera 1 copia
Fortitude [short story] 1 copia
Poor Little Rich Town 1 copia
Barbablù 1 copia
The Cruise Of The Jolly Roger 1 copia
රෑ මාතා 1 copia
Oko sokolovo 1 copia
Vremetres 1 copia
Bode Vermelho 1 copia
Opere correlate
For the Love of Books: 115 Celebrated Writers on the Books They Love Most (1999) — Collaboratore — 451 copie
First Fiction: An Anthology of the First Published Stories by Famous Writers (1994) — Collaboratore — 183 copie
The Rolling Stone Book of the Beats: The Beat Generation and American Culture (1999) — Collaboratore — 167 copie
The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Sixtieth Anniversary Anthology (2009) — Collaboratore — 130 copie
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Collaboratore — 86 copie
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (1985) — Collaboratore — 69 copie
Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard (1996) — Collaboratore — 52 copie
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 27 copie
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1961) — Collaboratore — 20 copie
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Collaboratore — 14 copie
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "So it goes." — 9 copie
Tider skal komme : 15 langtidsvarsler : en science fiction-antologi — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Ki ょ う も 気 God prepared a short masterpiece SF election (Kadokawa library) (2010) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
RDCBLP Saint Paul | Apostle to All Men | Horowitz and Mrs. Washington | The Foster Portfolio | Bel Ria (1980) 1 copia
S-Fマガジン 2007年 09月号 [雑誌] 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
- Data di nascita
- 1922-11-11
- Data di morte
- 2007-04-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa della morte
- brain injuries incurred several weeks prior from a fall at his New York brownstone home
- Luogo di residenza
- New York, New York, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA - Istruzione
- University of Chicago
Cornell University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
University of Tennessee - Attività lavorative
- journalist
novelist
essayist
playwright
screenwriter - Relazioni
- Vonnegut, Mark (son)
Vonnegut, Edith (daughter)
Krementz, Jill (spouse) - Organizzazioni
- American Humanist Association
U.S. Army (WWII|POW)
Iowa Writers' Workshop - Premi e riconoscimenti
- 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 (mostra tutto 8)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2015)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2001) - Breve 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.
- Nota di disambiguazione
- 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] in Fine Press Forum (Ottobre 2022)
Sci-Fi Story, People Live Forever in Name that Book (Agosto 2017)
November 2013: Kurt Vonnegut in Monthly Author Reads (Novembre 2014)
1001 Group Read-December, 2012: Slaughterhouse Five in 1001 Books to read before you die (Gennaio 2013)
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