Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Biography (1922-)

Born November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, IN; son of Kurt (an architect) and Edith (Lieber) Vonnegut; married Jane Marie Cox, September 1, 1945 (divorced,1979); married Jill Krementz (a photographer), November 24, 1979; children: Mark, Edith, Nanette (first marriage); (adopted deceased sister's children) James, Steven, and Kurt Adams; Lily (second marriage). Addresses: HOME--Northampton, Massachusetts. LAWYER--Donald C. Farber, c/o Tanner, Gilbert, Propp, and Sterner, 99 Park Avenue, 25th Floor, New York, NY 10016.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Birth Details
November 11, 1922
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Famous Works

  • Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
  • As himself, Back to School, Orion, 1986.
  • Writings; STAGE
  • Penelope, first produced on Cape Cod, MA, 1960, revised as Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Theatre De Lys, New York City, 1970, published byDelacorte and Samuel French, Inc., both 1971.
  • Also Something Borrowed, 1958; The Very First Christmas Morning, published in Better Homes and Gardens, 1962; EPICAC, 1963; My Name Is Everyone, 1964; and Fortitude, published in Playboy, 1968; all produced Off-Broadway or in summer theatre.
  • Writings; FILM
  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June, Columbia, 1971.
  • Writings; TELEVISION PLAYS
  • Between Time and Timbuktu, or Prometheus-5: A Space Fantasy, NET,1972, published by Delacorte, 1972.
  • Writings; NOVELS
  • Player Piano, Scribner, 1952, then Dell, 1974, and as Utopia 14, Bantam, 1954.
  • The Sirens of Titan, Dell, 1959.
  • Mother Night, Fawcett, 1962.
  • Cat's Cradle, Holt, 1963.
  • God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater, or Pearls before Swine, Holt, 1966.
  • Slaughterhouse-Five, or the Children's Crusade, Delacorte, 1969.
  • Breakfast of Champions, or Goodbye, Blue Monday, Delacorte, 1973.
  • Slapstick, or Lonesome No More, Delacorte, 1976.
  • Jailbird, Delacorte, 1979.
  • Deadeye Dick, Delacorte, 1982.
  • Galapagos, Delacorte, 1985.
  • Bluebeard, Delacorte, 1987, large print edition, J. Curley, 1988.
  • Hocus Pocus; or, What's the Hurry, Son?, New York, Putnam, and London, Cape, 1990.
  • Timequake, New York, Putnam, 1997.
  • Writings; OTHER
  • Canary in a Cathouse (short stories), Fawcett, 1961.
  • Welcome to the Monkey House (short stories), Delacorte, 1968.
  • Wampeters, Foma, and Granfalloons: (Opinions) (essays), Delacorte,1974.
  • (with Ivan Chermayeff) Sun Moon Star (juvenile) Harper & Row,1980.
  • Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage (memoirs), Delacorte, 1981.
  • Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (interviews), edited by William Rodney Allen, Jackson, University of Mississippi Press, 1988.
  • Fates Worse Than Death: An Autobiographical Collage of the 1980s,New York, Putnam, 1991.
  • Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction, New York, G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.
  • God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (short stories), New York, Seven Stories Press, 1999.