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Also Known As	Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
Born	November 11, 1922 • Indianapolis • Indiana
Died	April 11, 2007 (aged 84) • New York City • New York
Notable Works	“A Man Without a Country: A Memoir of Life in George Bush’s America” • “Armageddon in Retrospect” • “Breakfast of Champions; or, Goodbye Blue Monday!” • “Cat’s Cradle” • “Deadeye Dick” • “Galapagos” • “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” • “Happy Birthday, Wanda June” • “Hocus Pocus” • “Jailbird” • “Letters” • “Look at the Birdie” • “Mother Night” • “Player Piano” • “Slapstick; or, Lonesome No More” • “Slaughterhouse-Five” • “The Sirens of Titan” • “Timequake” • “We Are What We Pretend to Be” • “Welcome to the Monkey House”

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