"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Vonnegut - admired as much for his views and his “Vonnegutisms” as for his publications - wrote extensively in many forms, including novels, short stories, essays, plays, articles, speeches, and correspondence, some of which was published posthumously. Vonnegut (1922-2007) is one of the most celebrated of American authors. In the collection, Vonnegut explores his childhood, college life, and time in the army, as well as his thoughts on the hypocrisy of the Reagan administration. This experience provided inspiration for his most successful and influential novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. Published in 1991, Fates Worse Than Death is a collection of autobiographical essays by Kurt Vonnegut. In the Second World War, he became a German prisoner of war and was present during the bombing of Dresden. Vonnegut was born in 1922 in Indianapolis, and studied at the University of Chicago and the University of Tennessee. Like Mark Twain before him, Vonnegut's reputation and impact on American writing and reading will continue to grow steadily and increase in relevance as new insights are made. Kurt Vonnegut is a unique voice in the American canon - a writer whose works are hard to categorize, often straddling the space between literature and science fiction, and filled with cutting satire and dark humor.
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