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(1922-2007) Writer. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was the author of many satirical novels. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New YOrk, and later, lived in Schenectady, New York.

Full Name

Kurt Vonnegut Jr

Locations

Schenectady

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Vonnegut lived in Schenectady, New York while working for General Electric Corporation.

1922

BIRTH

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was born in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1922.

1941

OTHER

Vonnegut attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York from 1941 to 1943.

1952

LITWORK

Player Piano


Novel.

1959

LITWORK

The Sirens of Titan


Novel.

1961

LITWORK

Mother Night


Novel.

1963

LITWORK

Cat's Cradle


Novel.

1965

LITWORK

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls before Swine


Novel.

1968

LITWORK

Welcome to the Monkey House


Novel.

1969

LITWORK

Slaughterhouse-Five


Novel.

1973

LITWORK

Breakfast Of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday


Novel.

1974

LITWORK

Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons


Collection of short stories, plays, and essays.

1976

LITWORK

Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More


Novel.

1979

LITWORK

Jailbird


Novel.

1983

LITWORK

Deadeye Dick


Novel.

1985

LITWORK

Galapagos


Novel.

1987

LITWORK

Bluebeard


Novel.

1990

LITWORK

Hocus-Pocus; or, What's the Hurry, Son?


Novel.

1991

LITWORK

Fates Worse Than Death


Novel.

1997

LITWORK

Timequake


Novel.

2005

LITWORK

A Man Without a Country


Essays and speeches.

2007

DEATH

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. died in Manhattan, New York in 2007.

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