Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007)
Autor de Matadero cinco o La cruzada de los niños
Sobre El Autor
The appeal of Kurt Vonnegut, especially to bright younger readers of the past few decades, may be attributed partly to the fact that he is one of the few writers who have successfully straddled the imaginary line between science-fiction/fantasy and "real literature." He was born in Indianapolis and mostrar más attended Cornell University, but his college education was interrupted by World War II. Captured during the Battle of the Bulge and imprisoned in Dresden, he received a Purple Heart for what he calls a "ludicrously negligible wound." After the war he returned to Cornell and then earned his M.A. at the University of Chicago.He worked as a police reporter and in public relations before placing several short stories in the popular magazines and beginning his career as a novelist. His first novel, Player Piano (1952), is a highly credible account of a future mechanistic society in which people count for little and machines for much. The Sirens of Titan (1959), is the story of a playboy whisked off to Mars and outer space in order to learn some humbling lessons about Earth's modest function in the total scheme of things. Mother Night (1962) satirizes the Nazi mentality in its narrative about an American writer who broadcasts propaganda in Germany during the war as an Allied agent. Cat's Cradle (1963) makes use of some of Vonnegut's experiences in General Electric laboratories in its story about the discovery of a special kind of ice that destroys the world. God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965) satirizes a benevolent foundation set up to foster the salvation of the world through love, an endeavor with, of course, disastrous results. Slaughterhouse-Five; or The Children's Crusade (1969) is the book that marked a turning point in Vonnegut's career. Based on his experiences in Dresden, it is the story of another Vonnegut surrogate named Billy Pilgrim who travels back and forth in time and becomes a kind of modern-day Everyman. The novel was something of a cult book during the Vietnam era for its antiwar sentiments. Breakfast of Champions (1973), the story of a Pontiac dealer who goes crazy after reading a science fiction novel by "Kilgore Trout," received generally unfavorable reviews but was a commercial success. Slapstick (1976), dedicated to the memory of Laurel and Hardy, is the somewhat wacky memoir of a 100-year-old ex-president who thinks he can solve society's problems by giving everyone a new middle name. In addition to his fiction, Vonnegut has published nonfiction on social problems and other topics, some of which is collected in Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974). He died from head injuries sustained in a fall on April 11, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Kilgore Trout, the name of a character in several of Kurt Vonnegut's books, was later used as a pseudonym by Philip José Farmer. Vonnegut himself never wrote under or went by the name Kilgore Trout.
Obras de Kurt Vonnegut
Novels & Stories, 1963-1973: Cat's Cradle / God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater / Slaughterhouse-Five / Breakfast of Champions… (2011) 376 copias
Que levante mi mano quien crea en la telequinesis : -- y otros mandamientos para corromper a la juventud : discursos de… (2014) 354 copias
Novels & Stories 1950-1962: Player Piano / The Sirens of Titan / Mother Night / Stories (2012) 245 copias
Kurt Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse-Five / The Sirens of Titan / Player Piano / Cat's Cradle / Breakfast of Champions /… (1980) 168 copias
Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview: And Other Conversations (The Last Interview Series) (2011) 102 copias
If this isn't nice what is?, (much) expanded second edition: the graduation speeches and other words to live by (2014) 100 copias
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live… (2020) 52 copias
The sirens of Titan; Mother night; Cat's cradle; God bless you, Mr. Rosewater; Slaughterhouse-five (1988) 16 copias
5 by Kurt Vonnegut jr. (5 volumes) (Cat's Cradle, The Sirens of Titan, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, Welcome To… (1973) 15 copias
If This isn't Nice, What is?: Advice for the Young by Kurt Vonnegut (2014) Hardcover (2013) 6 copias
Thanasphere 6 copias
Selected Works of Kurt Vonnegut: Cat's Cradle, Galapagos, The Big Trip Up Yonder, Unready to Wear (2014) 5 copias
The Big Space Fuck [short story] 4 copias
Masters of Science Fiction, Vol 1 4 copias
Long Walk to Forever [short story] 4 copias
The Souvenir 3 copias
Hall of Mirrors 3 copias
Kirjailijan työ : Saul Bellow, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, Boris Pasternak, Kurt Vonnegut (1985) 3 copias
Utopia 14 - 1º volume 3 copias
[Slapstick] [by: Kurt Vonnegut] 3 copias
Paldir Küldür 2 copias
Klavirski avtomat 2 copias
Slaughterhouse 5, or The Children's Crusade - A Duty-dance with Death by Kurt Vonnegut (1991-03-21) (1800) 2 copias
The Ides of March 2 copias
Barbablù 2 copias
Short Science Fiction Collection 020 2 copias
Sinbad (Singles Classic) 2 copias
Short Science Fiction Collection 051 2 copias
Works of K. Vonnegut: Slaughterhouse Five, Breakfast of Champions, The Sirens of Titan — Autor — 2 copias
Utopia 14 - 2º Volume 2 copias
Cold Turkey 2 copias
Runaways 2 copias
О дивный новый мир 1 copia
Cats Cradle 1 copia
Café Da Manhã Dos Campeões 1 copia
Tšempionide eine 1 copia
Desayuno de campeones 1 copia
Payasadas, ¡o nunca más solos! 1 copia
Cronosisma 1 copia
slaughternhouse 1 copia
Galpagos 1 copia
Kolybel' dlia koshki 1 copia
Wampeters Foma & Granfallons 1 copia
カート・ヴォネガット全短篇 2 バーンハウス効果に関する報告書 1 copia
The Indiscreet Mirror [article, in Proceedings of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, May 16, 1984;… (1984) 1 copia
Del 1 copia
Kuşa Bak 1 copia
0083- Selected stories 1 copia
ברוכים הבאים אל בית-הקוף 1 copia
Utópia 14 1 copia
Lot 3 books by Kurt Vonnegut,Jr., Galapagos a novel, Slaughter-House Five, Player Piano, (1974) 1 copia
T B R 0 2 B 1 copia
The No-Talent Kid 1 copia
While Mortals Sleep 1 copia
Μητέρα Νύχτα 1 copia
All The King's Horses 1 copia
Người không quê hương 1 copia
Utopia 14, 2º vol 1 copia
Utopia 14, 1º vol 1 copia
Kurt Vonnegut: Listy 1 copia
Mnemonics 1 copia
Fortitude [short story] 1 copia
Bagombo Snuff Box [short story] 1 copia
Bard books 1 copia
Here is a Lesson in Creative Writing (in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2006 - EGGERS) 1 copia
Notes on Armagedon 1 copia
Unpaid Consultant 1 copia
The Package 1 copia
The No-talent Kid 1 copia
Poor Little Rich Town 1 copia
The Cruise Of The Jolly Roger 1 copia
Custom-made Bride 1 copia
Ambitious Sophomore 1 copia
A Present For Big Saint Nick 1 copia
The Boy Who Hated Girls 1 copia
This Son Of Mine 1 copia
A Night For Love 1 copia
Find Me A Dream 1 copia
Lovers Anonymous 1 copia
Hal Irwin’s Magic Lamp 1 copia
Bode Vermelho 1 copia
Vremetres 1 copia
Oko sokolovo 1 copia
රෑ මාතා 1 copia
The Chemistry Professor 1 copia
Un avanzo di galera 1 copia
Requiem for Zeitgeist 1 copia
The Drone King 1 copia
Any Reasonable Offer 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1976-1985 1 copia
Novels & Stories 1987-1997 1 copia
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Cape Cod Stories: Tales from Cape Cod, Nantucket, and Martha's Vineyard (1996) — Contribuidor — 52 copias
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (2016) 27 copias
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1961, Vol. 21, No. 4 (1961) — Contribuidor — 20 copias
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contribuidor — 14 copias
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "So it goes." — 9 copias
Tider skal komme : 15 langtidsvarsler : en science fiction-antologi — Contribuidor — 4 copias
Ki ょ う も 気 God prepared a short masterpiece SF election (Kadokawa library) (2010) — Contribuidor — 2 copias
RDCBLP Saint Paul | Apostle to All Men | Horowitz and Mrs. Washington | The Foster Portfolio | Bel Ria (1980) 1 copia
S-Fマガジン 2007年 09月号 [雑誌] 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Vonnegut, Kurt
- Nombre legal
- Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1922-11-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2007-04-11
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Causa de fallecimiento
- brain injuries incurred several weeks prior from a fall at his New York brownstone home
- Lugares de residencia
- New York, New York, USA
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Barnstable, Massachusetts, USA - Educación
- University of Chicago
Cornell University
Carnegie Institute of Technology
University of Tennessee - Ocupaciones
- journalist
novelist
essayist
playwright
screenwriter - Relaciones
- Vonnegut, Mark (son)
Vonnegut, Edith (daughter)
Krementz, Jill (spouse) - Organizaciones
- American Humanist Association
U.S. Army (WWII|POW)
Iowa Writers' Workshop - Premios y honores
- State Author of New York/Edith Wharton Citation of Merit (2001-03)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award [1970]
Humanist of the Year [1992]
Asteroid Namesake [2539]
Purple Heart
Prisoner of War Medal (mostrar todos 8)
Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame (2015)
Carl Sandburg Literary Award (2001) - Biografía breve
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr est né à Indianapolis en 1922. Prisonnier de guerre à Dresde pendant cinq mois, il y fut témoin du bombardement de 1945. De retour aux États-Unis, il se mit à écrire. Son roman le plus célèbre, Abattoir 5, resta pendant trois mois en tête des best-sellers américains.
- Aviso de desambiguación
- Kilgore Trout, the name of a character in several of Kurt Vonnegut's books, was later used as a pseudonym by Philip José Farmer. Vonnegut himself never wrote under or went by the name Kilgore Trout.
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut [Hamilton Press 2001] en Fine Press Forum (octubre 2022)
Sci-Fi Story, People Live Forever en Name that Book (agosto 2017)
November 2013: Kurt Vonnegut en Monthly Author Reads (noviembre 2014)
1001 Group Read-December, 2012: Slaughterhouse Five en 1001 Books to read before you die (enero 2013)
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