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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

The city is home to the Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library, whose namesake author was a close friend of Wakefield’s.

From Los Angeles Times

While it’s far from unique — everyone from Miguel Cervantes to James Joyce to Jorge Luis Borges to Kurt Vonnegut have played with metafiction — that doesn’t negate its potential.

From Los Angeles Times

The books challenged in Escambia County include Toni Morrison’s classic novel “The Bluest Eye” and Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five” as well Anne Frank’s “Diary of a Young Girl.”

From Los Angeles Times