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Monday, May 30, 2022

Basic timeline of Kurt Vonnegut

This post is a basic timeline of writer Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007). There are 22 events listed below chronologically. Source: Wikipedia

• 1922: Born in Indianapolis, Indiana
• 1940: Enrolls at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York
• 1943: Enlists in the United States Army
• 1945: Enrolls at the University of Chicago
• 1945: Begins working for the City News Bureau of Chicago
• 1940's: Begins working as a writer for General Electric
• 1952: Publishes Player Piano
• 1959: Publishes The Sirens of Titan
• 1961: Publishes Harrison Bergeron
• 1962: Publishes Mother Night
• 1963: Publishes Cat's Cradle
• 1968: Publishes Welcome to the Monkey House
• 1969: Publishes Slaughterhouse-Five
• 1970: Writes play Happy Birthday, Wanda June
• 1973: Publishes Breakfast of Champions
• 1976: Publishes Slapstick
• 1985: Publishes Galápagos
• 1987: Publishes Bluebeard
• 1991: Publishes Fates Worse Than Death
• 1997: Publishes Timequake
• 2005: Publishes A Man Without a Country
• 2007: Died at age 84 in New York City