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

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

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