Vonnegut was one of the primary inspirations I found as a young writer. I feel bad that I did not read every single one of his works throughout his career. I doubt that I have any original copies of his works left; the types of books I would always give away insisting that they would change the readers life. Well, now we can drink a toast to him and receive his blessing, en masse, from beyond. Be brave old man!
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 Kurt Vonnegut wrote with irony and compassion
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Influential author Kurt Vonnegut has died at the age of 84 after suffering brain injuries in a fall in New York.
During a career lasting more than 50 years, Kurt Vonnegut wrote the classic anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse Five, detailing his experiences of the Allied bombing of Dresden in 1945.
Vonnegut had enlisted in the armed services a year after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor.
Captured by German troops in December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge, Vonnegut spent the rest of the war imprisoned in a Dresden slaughterhouse.
On the night of 13 February 1945, Allied bombing raids flattened the city, creating a firestorm that killed an estimated 35,000 citizens in two hours.
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Vonnegut at Dresden
Kurt Vonnegut relives his Dresden experience
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clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
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