Kurt Vonnegut

Born: 1922 | Died: 2007

Writer

Kurt Vonnegut was born to German family in Indianapolis in 1922 to Kurt Vonnegut, an architect, and Edith Lieber Vonnegut.

Vonnegut studied at Cornell University before serving in the U.S. Air Force in the Second World War. He was eventually taken prisoner by the German Army and survived the bombing of the city of Dresden in February 1945, an experience that influenced his work.

His books often feature elements of science fiction and fantastic plots including trips to outer space and machine-controlled cities, but Vonnegut uses them as metaphors for modern society rather than depictions of future situations. Among his most famous works are Mother Night, Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions. The author died in April 2007 in Manhattan.

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