Edgar Lawrence Vonnegut Jr.

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gptkbp:birth_date 1922-11-11
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana
gptkbp:children gptkb:Edgar_Jr._Vonnegut
gptkb:Mark_Vonnegut
gptkb:Nanette_Vonnegut
gptkbp:death_date 2007-04-11
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Cornell_University
gptkbp:famous_for gptkb:Postmodern_literature
Dark humor
Social criticism
Anti-war themes
Satirical novels
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Author
Satire
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edgar Lawrence Vonnegut Jr.
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gptkb:Chuck_Palahniuk
gptkb:Neil_Gaiman
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:H._G._Wells
gptkb:George_Orwell
gptkb:Kurt_Vonnegut_Sr.
gptkbp:is_involved_in gptkb:Humanitarian_efforts
Civil rights activism
Environmentalism
Free speech advocacy
Anti-nuclear movement
gptkbp:military_branch gptkb:military_unit
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Native_American_tribe
gptkbp:notable_character gptkb:Howard_W._Campbell_Jr.
gptkb:Dwayne_Hoover
gptkb:Kilgore_Trout
The narrator of Slaughterhouse-Five
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gptkb:Breakfast_of_Champions
gptkb:Cat's_Cradle
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gptkb:Author
gptkb:playwright
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jane_Marie_Cox
gptkbp:website http://www.vonnegut.com
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Edgar_Vonnegut
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