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Kurt Vonnegut
1922–2007
Wry, humane, and endlessly quotable, this American novelist turned the darkest parts of the 20th century into stories that were funny, strange, and deeply compassionate. Best known for Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle, he became one of the most distinctive literary voices of his time.
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About the author
Born in Indianapolis in 1922, he went on to become an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, and essayist whose work mixed satire, black humor, and science fiction. His writing is closely linked to his experience in World War II, including surviving the bombing of Dresden as a prisoner of war, an event that later shaped Slaughterhouse-Five.
Over the course of his career, he published fourteen novels along with short-story collections, plays, and nonfiction. Readers often return to his books for their plainspoken style, sharp wit, and moral seriousness beneath the jokes, especially in works like Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast of Champions, and Slaughterhouse-Five.
He died in 2007, but his work remains widely read for the way it confronts war, technology, cruelty, and absurdity without losing sight of ordinary human decency.