Biography jr kurt vonnegut

&#;Adapted from Critical Companion to Kurt Vonnegut:  A Literary Reference to His Life and Work by Susan Farrell.  ((New York: Facts on File Press, ).

Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on November 11, , the third child of Kurt Vonnegut, Sr. and Edith Lieber Vonnegut.  Both Vonnegut&#;s father, Kurt Sr., and his grandfather, Bernard Vonnegut, were local architects in Indianapolis.  While the family was comfortably well-to-do during Vonnegut&#;s earliest childhood, they suffered financial setbacks during the depression years.   As a result, Vonnegut attended public schools even though his older siblings had received private school educations.  But Vonnegut thrived at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, where he played clarinet in the school band and served as a writer and editor for the school&#;s daily newspaper.

After graduating from high school in , Vonnegut enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, as a biochemistry major.  Despi

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Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Born

in Indianapolis, Indiana, The United States

November 11,

Died

April 11,

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Genre

Science Fiction, Nonfiction

Influences

Breece D'J Pancake, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, namn Heller, William MarBreece D'J Pancake, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Joseph Heller, William March, Mark Twainmore

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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

He was born in Indianapolis, later the setting for many of his novels. He attended Cornell University from to , 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 Y

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Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut Jr., (pronounced /ˈvɒnɨɡət/; November 11, &#;– April 11, ) was an American writer. He influenced many other writers. He combined satire, black comedy, and science fiction in his writing. Some of his works include Slaughterhouse-Five (), Cat's Cradle (), and Breakfast of Champions (). He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association.^[1] Kurt Vonnegut made a cameo in the movie Back to School starring Rodney Dangerfield in

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Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. His parents were Kurt Vonnegut, Sr., and Edith Lieber.^[2] He was the youngest of three children. His ancestors had come to America from Germany in They were prosperous, originally as brewers and merchants.^[3] Both his father and his grandfather attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology and were architects