Kurt Vonnegut was an inspiring and impactful writer. He wrote many novels, short stories, and poems. Kurt Vonnegut received many awards for his stellar writing. He usually wrote his stories in the styles of drama, fiction, and science fiction. Kurt Vonnegut wrote because he enjoyed writing and because it helped him cope with whatever was going on in his life at the moment. This is what made Kurt Vonnegut such a great writer.
Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were Kurt Vonnegut Senior and Edith Vonnegut. Kurt had two older siblings while growing up, a sister and a brother. Kurt lived a normal childhood, his parents were financially stable until the great depression. The great depression caused …show more content…
In the army Vonnegut was trained as a mechanical engineer. He received his education on mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tennessee. After serving in the army, Vonnegut spent the next few years trying to get a Master of Arts in anthropology at the University of Chicago. But Vonnegut was not granted the degree because his thesis was denied. But later on in Vonnegut’s life, he received his degree in anthropology. The University of Chicago accepted his novel “Cat’s Cradle” as his thesis. http://www.nndb.com/people/928/000022862/ http://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut first started out as an infantry battalion scout on the European front lines. Probably the most memorable event that happened to Vonnegut throughout all of his years of service was when he was captured by German soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.
Another memorable moment in Vonnegut’s service in the army was the bombing of Dresden, Germany. Vonnegut was one of the few to survive. After the bombing, Vonnegut was ordered by the Germans who captured him to dig bodies out of the debris and destroying them in a massive bonfire. After Vonnegut returned home from war, he married his high school girlfriend Jane Marie Cox. They had three children together. Vonnegut was also awarded a purple heart for returning back home with frostbite. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vonnegut-Kurt.html …show more content…
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kurt+vonnegut+awards Sadly Kurt Vonnegut died at age eighty-four. He died on April 11, 2007 in Manhattan, New York. The cause of Vonnegut’s death was an accident in which he fell. He suffered trauma to the head and died due to the injuries.
Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922 in Indianapolis, Indiana. His parents were Kurt Vonnegut Senior and Edith Vonnegut. Kurt had two older siblings while growing up, a sister and a brother. Kurt lived a normal childhood, his parents were financially stable until the great depression. The great depression caused …show more content…
In the army Vonnegut was trained as a mechanical engineer. He received his education on mechanical engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Tennessee. After serving in the army, Vonnegut spent the next few years trying to get a Master of Arts in anthropology at the University of Chicago. But Vonnegut was not granted the degree because his thesis was denied. But later on in Vonnegut’s life, he received his degree in anthropology. The University of Chicago accepted his novel “Cat’s Cradle” as his thesis. http://www.nndb.com/people/928/000022862/ http://www.britannica.com/biography/Kurt-Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut first started out as an infantry battalion scout on the European front lines. Probably the most memorable event that happened to Vonnegut throughout all of his years of service was when he was captured by German soldiers in the Battle of the Bulge.
Another memorable moment in Vonnegut’s service in the army was the bombing of Dresden, Germany. Vonnegut was one of the few to survive. After the bombing, Vonnegut was ordered by the Germans who captured him to dig bodies out of the debris and destroying them in a massive bonfire. After Vonnegut returned home from war, he married his high school girlfriend Jane Marie Cox. They had three children together. Vonnegut was also awarded a purple heart for returning back home with frostbite. http://www.notablebiographies.com/Tu-We/Vonnegut-Kurt.html …show more content…
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=kurt+vonnegut+awards Sadly Kurt Vonnegut died at age eighty-four. He died on April 11, 2007 in Manhattan, New York. The cause of Vonnegut’s death was an accident in which he fell. He suffered trauma to the head and died due to the injuries.