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'''Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.''' (1913 – 2007) was a popular atheist famous for his fictional works. His most prominent work, ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' (1969), is based on his personal experiences as a [[prisoner of war]] trapped in the [[Allied]] bombing of [[Dresden]] in [[World War II]].
'''Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.''' (1913 – 2007) was a popular American author famous for his fictional works. His most prominent work, ''Slaughterhouse-Five'' (1969), is based on his personal experiences as a [[prisoner of war]] trapped in the [[Allied]] bombing of [[Dresden]] in [[World War II]].
''Breakfast of Champions'' (1973) was the most commercially successful though not as acclaimed by critics.
''Breakfast of Champions'' (1973) was the most commercially successful though not as acclaimed by critics.
Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007 from brain injuries he received in a fall almost five weeks earlier.
Vonnegut died on April 11, 2007 from brain injuries he received in a fall almost five weeks earlier.
== Bibliography ==
'''List of Novels'''
(1952)''Player Piano''
(1959)''The Sirens of Titan''
(1961)''Mother Night''
(1963)''Cat's Cradle''
(1965)''God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater; or, Pearls before Swine''
(1969)''Slaughterhouse-Five; or, The Children's Crusade''
(1973)''Breakfast of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday''
(1976)''Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More''
(1979)''Jailbird''
(1982)''Deadeye Dick''
(1985)''Galápagos''
(1987)''Bluebeard''
(1990)''Hocus Pocus''
(1997)''Timequake''
'''List of Short Stories or Essays'''
(1961)''Canary in a Cathouse''
(1968)''Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works''
(1974)''Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons''
(1981)''Palm Sunday''
(1991)''Fates Worse than Death''
(1999)''Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction''
(1999)''God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian''
(2005)''A Man Without a Country''
'''Posthumously Published'''
(2008)''Armageddon in Retrospect''
(2009)''Look at the Birdie''
== References ==
== References ==