Novelist Kurt Vonnegut 1922-2007

"So it goes"
Kurt Vonnegut
Born November 11, 1922.
Died April 11, 2007.

Books by, and about, Kurt Vonnegut

Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007, from brain injuries sustained after a fall. The acclaimed novelist was 84 years old. Married twice, he is survived by 7 children (biological and adopted) and his second wife, photographer Jill Krementz.

He wrote 14 novels from 1952 to 1997, as well as many short stories, some plays and non-fiction work, the last in 2005. Often social commentaries on war, the state of the world, the environment, he was commonly referred to as a science fiction writer but also a philosopher using satire and humour. His writing had clear autobiographical tendencies -- from 1942-45, he was an American POW in Dresden, Germany. He eventually received a Purple Heart for this experience which led him to write Slaughterhouse Five, a staple of many high school curriculums.

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