Kurt vonnegut biography facts recording

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Who Was Kurt Vonnegut?

Kurt Vonnegut emerged as a novelist and essayist in the s and penned the classic books Cat's Cradle, Slaughterhouse-Five and Breakfast of Champions before He is known for his satirical literary style, as well as the science-fiction elements in much of his work.

Vonnegut is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. He blended literature with science fiction and humor, and the absurd with pointed social commentary.

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Vonnegut created his own unique world in each of his novels and filled them with unusual characters, such as the alien race known as the Tralfamadorians in Slaughterhouse-Five.

Early Life and Education

Vonnegut was born on November 11, , in Indianapolis, Indiana.

After studying at Cornell University from to , Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army. He was sent by the Army to what is now Carnegie Mellon University to study engineering in The next year, he served in Europe and fough