Vonnegut

American

[von-i-guht] / ˈvɒn ɪ gət /

noun

Kurt, Jr., 1922–2007, U.S. novelist.

Vonnegut British

/ ˈvɒnɪɡʌt /

noun

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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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 • Dec. 12, 2025

General Electric scientists Vincent Schaefer, Irving Langmuir and Bernard Vonnegut — older brother of the late novelist Kurt Vonnegut — began experimenting with it as early as 1946.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025

He left the war with lasting physical and emotional scars and, like such fellow veterans as Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut, with a will to find words for what had happened.

From Seattle Times • May 8, 2024

Weyes Blood is - to quote US author Kurt Vonnegut - unstuck in time.

From BBC • Nov. 1, 2023

I used them whenever the Vonnegut needed repairs or upgrades.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline

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