Biography
- Born Nov. 11, 1922 in Indianapolis to German-American parents
- Attended Cornell University, enrolled in the Army during college
- Mother committed suicide Mother's Day, 1944
- As a soldier was captured as a prisoner of war during the Battle of the Bulge, 1944
- Awarded a Purple Heart after returning home WWII
- Married childhood sweetheart Jane Marie Cox; divorced 1979
- Post-war he attended University of Chicago as a graduate student
- Worked as a technical writer for General Electric
- 2nd wife: photographer Jill Krementz
- Raised 7 children: Mark, Edith and Nannette from his first marriage; his late sister's sons James, Steven and Kurt Adams; and adopted daughter Lily
- Attempted suicide himself in 1984
- Graphic artist and illustrator, primarily for his own works
- Lifetime member of American Civil Liberties Union
- Died April 11, 2007
- Novel Sirens of Titan, 1959
- Novel Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children's Crusade: A Duty-Dance with Death, 1969
- Novel Cat's Cradle, 1973
- Novel Breakfast of Champions, 1973
- Novel Jailbird, 1979
- Novel Timequake, 1997
- recurring character Kilgore Trout, science fiction author
- anti-authoritarianism
- humanism
- satire
- science fiction
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