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Kurt Vonnegut

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born
in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States
November 11, 1922

died
April 11, 2007

gender
male

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Science Fiction & Fantasy

influences
Breece D'J Pancake, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Joseph Heller, William Mar...more


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Kurt Vonnegut, Junior was an American novelist, satirist, and most recently, graphic artist. He was recognized as New York State Author for 2001-2003.

He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from 1941 to 1943, where he wrote a column for the student newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun. Vonnegut trained as a chemist and worked as a journalist before joining the U.S. Army and serving in World War II.

After the war, he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student in anthropology and also worked as a police reporter at the City News Bureau of Chicago. He left Chicago to work in Schenectady, New York in public relations for General Electric. He attributed his unadorned writing st...more


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Average rating: 3.99 · 1,034,293 ratings · 29,940 reviews · 190 distinct works · Similar authors
Slaughterhouse-Five
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 470,486 ratings — published 1969 — 153 editions
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Cat's Cradle
4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 128,939 ratings — published 1963 — 93 editions
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Breakfast of Champions
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 101,493 ratings — published 1973 — 73 editions
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The Sirens of Titan
4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 37,491 ratings — published 1959 — 60 editions
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Mother Night
4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 26,971 ratings — published 1961 — 51 editions
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Galápagos
3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 30,034 ratings — published 1985 — 53 editions
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Welcome to the Monkey House
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 25,558 ratings — published 1968 — 39 editions
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 24,180 ratings — published 1965 — 41 editions
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Player Piano
3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 20,558 ratings — published 1952 — 53 editions
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A Man Without a Country
4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 19,642 ratings — published 2006 — 46 editions
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Quotes by Kurt Vonnegut

“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Mother Night
tags: action, attitude, choice, imagination, inspiration, life, pretend
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“Those who believe in telekinetics, raise my hand.”
― Kurt Vonnegut
tags: humour, telekinetics
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“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano
tags: writer-s-life
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