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| Name: |
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. | | Birth Date: |
November 11, 1922 | | Place of Birth: |
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
writer, essayist, dramatist |
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 Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
1,363 words, approx. 5 pages
 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 human condition, he frequently depicts characters who... summary from source:
 Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
16,774 words, approx. 56 pages
 [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-story writer throughout the 1950s and though his... summary from source:
Biography of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
14,474 words, approx. 48 pages
As 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 shorter pieces of fiction and nonfiction. He is himself the subject of a...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr. (1922—) Summary
1,919 words, approx. 6 pagesHaving come to prominence only with his sixth novel, Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. is a rare example of an author who has been equally important to popular audiences and avant-garde critics. His fiction and public spokesmanship spans... summary from source:
 Kurt Vonnegut Information
5,457 words, approx. 18 pages
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11 1922 – April 11 2007) (pronounced /ˈvɒnəgət/) was a prolific and genre-bending American novelist known for works blending satire, black comedy, and science fiction, such as <i>Slaughterhouse-Five</i> (1969),...
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 AP News Writers praise Kurt Vonnegut
4/12/2007: 735 words, approx. 3 pagesLike his friend Joseph Heller, Kurt Vonnegut was a hero to baby boomers _ though he was raised in an earlier time. The president he mourned was Franklin Delano Roosevelt, not John F. Kennedy. His war was World War II, not Vietnam.Nearly 40 when the... summary from source:
The New York Observer Kurt Vonnegut\'d5s Final Interview(s)
7/10/2007: 439 words, approx. 2 pagesFamous Last Words have been the object of fascination ever since famous people started uttering them. Caesar said “And you, Brutus?†Oscar Wilde made the joke about the ugly curtains. To the disappointment of the many who held Kurt Vonnegut in similar esteem, the writer...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Will Kaufman
18,092 words, approx. 60 pages
In the following essay, Kaufman contends that the divide between Kurt Vonnegut's comic persona and his cultural aims is obvious in many of his works, including Slapstick, Mother Night, and Cat's Cradle.
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Critical Essay by Stanley Trachtenberg
6,146 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Trachtenberg discusses the emergence of a dark comic mode in American fiction during the 1960s and 1970s, focusing on common themes in the works of Thomas Pynchon and Kurt Vonnegut.
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Critical Essay by Linda Horvay Barnes
4,328 words, approx. 14 pages
In the following essay, Barnes provides several definitions of black humor, placing it in social and historical context, with special emphasis on the work of Kurt Vonnegut.
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