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Kurt's broken childhood and war experiences influenced his dramatic writing style, by adding an insight to human existence and American society.

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Wikipedia

Biography

Encyclopedia of World Biography

New York Times

Los Angeles Review of Books

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Positive:

His books draw a fine lined between fact and fiction, "the neatest trick yet played."(New York Times)

"Vonnegut’s distinctive blend of cynicism and sincerity, and his heartbroken paeans for a more just world, helped ensure that his literary and political views resonated anew."(LARB)

Negative:

"Recycled characters"(New York Times).

“Reluctant postmodernist” (LARB)

"No more than a comic book philosopher."(New York Times)

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Vonnegut had a brother, Bernard, and a sister, Alice.
His Father, Kurt Sr., was a successful architect, and experienced severe depression. Vonnegut's mother was Edith Sophia, and she died from overdosing on sleeping pills.

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War

Depression

His Mothers suicide

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Science Fiction

Gallows Humor

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Hugo Award(given by World Scientific Fiction Society) for Best Dramatic Presentation for Slaughterhouse -Five

Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada

Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections

Named State Author of New York(2000)

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Slaughterhouse-5 (1969)

Cat's Cradle (1963)

Breakfast of Champions (1973)

Timequake(1997; last novel)

Man Without Country (2005; last book)

Mother Night (1961)

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Vonnegut is the author of Slaughterhouse-Five, his most successful science fiction novel. He was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on November 11, 1922 and  witnessed the bombing of Dresden, Germany, which influenced his novel,  Slaughterhouse-Five. He became a prisoner of war in Dresden after he fought at the Battle of the Bulge in Europe.