Kurt Vonnegut was an American essayist, short story writer, novelist, and artist.
Kurt Vonnegut's first published work, the short story Report on the Barnhouse Effect appeared in Collier's in 1950. His first novel, Player Piano, as well as later works like The Sirens of Titan, Slaughterhouse 5, and Timequake, utilized science fiction tropes to explore its humanist and anti-authoritarian themes. Vonnegut himself did not accept genre labels for his work.http://www.vonnegutweb.com/archives/arc_scifi.html "I learned from the reviewers that I was a science-fiction writer." (New York Times, September 5, 1965)
Vonnegut published fourteen novels in his lifetime, as well as short story and essay collections. He was also a visual artist, graphic designer, and sculptor.
Notable Works
Kurt Vonnegut
"We all see our lives as stories, it seems to me," said author Kurt Vonnegut. In this clip, written in an autobiographical style, images from Vonnegut's novels are shown as a montage with a soundtrack underneath. Vonnegut tells of his family history, included a silk merchant and the Vonnegut Hardware Company. His grandfather was an architect. The Great Depression demoralized Vonnegut's father, leaving him in a constant state of gloom.
Kurt Vonnegut Timeline
Novels
Player Piano (1952)
The Sirens of Titan (1959)
Mother Night (1961)
Cat's Cradle (1963)
God Bless, You Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
Slapstick (1976)
Jailbird (1979)
Deadeye Dick (1982)
Galapagos (1985)
Bluebeard (1987)
Hocus Pocus (1990)
Timequake (1997)
Short Story Collections
Canary in a Cathouse (1961)
Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)
Collected Essays
Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1966-74)
Palm Sunday (1981)
Fates Worse than Death (1990)
A Man Without a Country (2005)
