Vonnegut

American  

[von-i-guht] / ˈvɒn ɪ gət /

noun

1. Kurt, Jr., 1922–2007, U.S. novelist.

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Vonnegut British  

/ ˈvɒnɪɡʌt /

noun

1. Kurt. 1922–2007, US novelist. His works include Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse Five (1969), Galapagos (1985), Hocus Pocus (1990), and Timequake (1997)

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Example Sentences

Paul Monash, the producer of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” which was based on Kurt Vonnegut’s acclaimed novel about World War II and time travel, directed the screen test.

From Los Angeles Times

Absurdist humor often transcends age, time and place, recalling the works of writers like Samuel Beckett and Kurt Vonnegut.

From The Wall Street Journal

Though it’s hard to read Vonnegut without stumbling upon some apropos nuggets of wisdom, like this one from his novel “Slapstick:” “Fascists are inferior people who believe it when somebody tells them they’re superior.”

From Los Angeles Times

He belonged to a fraternity—half cult, half mainstream—that extended from Richard Brautigan to Thomas Pynchon, with Kurt Vonnegut in between.

From The Wall Street Journal

“I was nervous, and my editor wasn’t sure, either,” says Brown, who cites Kurt Vonnegut as a literary influence.

From Los Angeles Times