Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was a 20th century American writer. His works such as Cat's Cradle (1963), Slaughterhouse-Five (1969) and Breakfast of Champions (1973) blend satire, gallows humor and science fiction. He was known for his humanist beliefs and was honorary president of the American Humanist Association. Vonnegut also taught at Harvard University, where he was a lecturer in English, and the City College of New York, where he was a Distinguished Professor. Vonnegut's work as a graphic artist began with his illustrations for Slaughterhouse-Five. Later in his career, he became more interested in artwork, particularly silk-screen prints, which he pursued in collaboration with Joe Petro III. Though he was a dissident to the end, Vonnegut held a bleak view on the power of artists to effect change."During the Vietnam War," he told an interviewer in 2003, "every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high."
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More of Vonnegut's Graphics can be found at: http://www.vonnegut.com/
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