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Kurt Vonnegut was an author, satirist, artist and humanist. He was born in 1922 and died in 2007 at the age of 84. He is most famous for his books Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle and Breakfast of Champions, which he wrote in the 60s and early 70s. Vonnegut’s books are often on reading lists in American schools. Although, many of his works have been challenged and censored. His humanist beliefs led him to become the honorary president of the American Humanist Association.
Works
• DePauw University: The short fiction of Kurt Vonnegut
• Arkansas Tech University: Discussion of Slaughterhouse Five
• Vonnegut.com: About Vonnegut’s artwork
• Ecletica.org: A Vonnegut retrospective
• Richard Halstead: Vonnegut on free will
• PBS: Read an excerpt from A Man Without a Country and Slaughterhouse Five
• David Louis Edelman: The works of Kurt Vonnegut
• Tennessee Journalist: Vonnegut’s books in schools
• University of Wisconsin: Connections between Vonnegut and Twain
• Penn State: Vonnegut’s satirical writings
Criticism
• NPR: Vonnegut remembered for his black humor
• Grinnell College: Vonnegut American novelist
• The Morning News: Review of Vonnegut’s critics
• New York State Writers Institute: Vonnegut critics
• NCAC: Challenging Vonnegut’s books
Quotes
• The Paris Review: Interview with Kurt Vonnegut
• The Quotations Page: Quotes by the author
• In These Times: Vonnegut answers reader’s questions
• Brainy Quote: Vonnegut quotes
• Refspace: Quotes from Vonnegut’s books
Other Sources
• The Kurt Vonnegut Society: Selected bibliography
• The Writing University: Kurt Vonnegut biography and works
• Atlantic Free Press: Vonnegut obituary
• World Socialist: Vonnegut, satirist and pessimist
• The New York Times: Life experiences leading to his novels
• Salon.com: The mad humanist
• Richard Brautigan: A comparison of works by Vonnegut, Heller and Brautigan
• University of Delaware: A comprehensive bibliography
• IMDb: Filmography of Vonnegut’s works
• Sussex County Library: A list of Vonnegut’s books
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