Biography EssayAs of 1987 Kurt Vonnegut's work includes twelve novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, two collections of essays, and a miscellany of uncollected shorte...
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (born 1922) is acknowledged as a major voice in American literature and applauded for his pungent satirical depictions of modern society. Emphasizing the comic absurdity of the huma...
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Described as "a word cartoonist, a wise guy, a true subversive," by Valerie Sayers in the New York Times, Kurt Vonnegut is lauded as one of America's most respected novelists, "recognized as a thought...
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"I got to be a joke-maker as the youngest member of my family. My sister was five years older than I was, my brother was nine years older, and at the dinner table I was the lowest ranking thing there....
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As of 1977, Vonnegut's work includes eight novels, a play and a television play, two collections of short stories, a collection of essays, and a number of uncollected shorter pieces of fiction and non...
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., remains something of a paradox among science-fiction writers. Although his place of importance in serious American fiction is now secure, his relationship to the genre that nurture...
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[This entry was updated by Peter J. Reed (University of Minnesota) from his entry in DLB 152: American Novelists Since World War II, Fourth Series.]Though Kurt Vonnegut had been a widely read short-st...
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Critical Essay by J. D. O'hara
[Breakfast of Champions] is almost a deliberate curiosity, an earnest attempt to play after getting Dresden out of the way. It's filled with Vonnegut�...
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Critical Essay by Martin Burns
In Breakfast of Champions, Vonnegut intends to release his characters from his control. In doing so, he shows their unreadiness to cope with freedom, or to measure up t...
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Teaching Breakfast of Champions
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New York (dpa) - American writer and cult hero Kurt Vonnegut,
author of dark comedic novels such as Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat's
Cradle, has died at the age of 84 after suf...
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Question 1 of 10:Born to a working class family in
Salford
,
Albert
climbed the acting ladder until he was taken under whose wing?
Richard
Burton
's
Laurence
Olivier
's
Ralph
Richardson
's
...
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Within the past year, three of the most famous authors to emerge after World War II have died: Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut and William Styron. Their deaths all resulted in front-page stories, leng...
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Barry Bonds' smiling mug won't be gracing boxes of the Breakfast of Champions anytime soon. Since hitting No. 756 there have been no "I'm going to Disneyland" moments for Bonds, no cereal box immor...
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James Laurinaitis’s father, Joe Laurinaitis, worked as a pro wrestler under the name “Animal” for years. His in-ring costume included football pads adorned with metal spikes an...
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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Critical Essay by J. D. O'hara
ROUNDUP: Kurt Vonnegut, author of Slaughterhouse-Five, dies at 84
