Kurt Vonnegut Jr. foi um escritor estadunidense de ascendência germânica.
Concluída a formação em Química, alistou-se no exército e combateu na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Feito prisioneiro, presenciou o bombardeamento de Dresden. Após a Guerra, formou-se em Antropologia.
É autor de vários romances, ensaios e peças de teatro, entre os quais se destacam Player Piano de 1952, Cat’s Cradle de 1963, Slaughterhouse-Five de 1969, Breakfast of Champions de 1973 e Galápagos de 1985. Sua última obra foi Look at the Birdie de 2009, livro póstumo com uma coleção de contos e ensaios.
Vonnegut morreu em 11 de abril de 2007, semanas após uma queda em sua casa em Manhattan que resultou em graves complicações cerebrais.
“Humanista é uma pessoa com grande interesse pelos seres humanos. Meu cachorro é humanista.”
I have found that a humanist is a person who is tremendously interested in human beings. My dog is a humanist.
citado em "The Vonnegut encyclopedia: an authorized compendium" - Página 311, de Marc Leeds - Greenwood Press, 1995, ISBN 0313292302, 9780313292309 - 693 páginas
There in the cocktail lounge, peering out through my leaks at a world of my own invention, I mouthed this word: schizophrenia. The sound and appearance of the word had fascinated me for many years. It sounded and looked to me like a human being sneezing in a blizzard of soapflakes.
Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday! - Página 198, Kurt Vonnegut - Delacorte Press, 1973 - 295 páginas
“Esta provavelmente é a história da minha vida: falta de determinação suficiente.”
that's probably the story of my life: not enough determination.
Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday! - Página 110, Kurt Vonnegut - Delacorte Press, 1973 - 295 páginas
Fonte: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 12 “The Gentleman from Tralfamadore” (p. 301)
“You know, the truth can be really powerful stuff. You're not expecting it.”
A Man Without a Country (2005)
I Love You, Madame Librarian (2004)
Fonte: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 12 “The Gentleman from Tralfamadore” (p. 290)
“Everybody's shaking in his boots, so don't be bluffed.”
Fonte: Player Piano (1952), Chapter 22 (p. 219)
“What is it, what can it possibly be about blowjobs and golf?”
Martian Visitor
A Man Without a Country (2005)
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God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
Interview Public Radio International (October 2006)
Various interviews
“Well, I just want to say that George W. Bush is the syphilis president.”
As quoted in "Kurt Vonnegut's 'Stardust Memory'" http://www.freepress.org/columns/display/7/2006/1326, Harvey Wasserman, The Free Press (4 March 2006)
Various interviews
“If I should ever die, God forbid, I hope you will say, "Kurt is up in heaven now."”
That's my favorite joke.
A Man Without a Country (2005)
"Eliot Rosewater" to a group of volunteer firemen.
God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
“It is almost always a mistake to mention Abraham Lincoln. He always steals the show.”
A Man Without a Country (2005)
Fonte: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 3 “United Hotcake Preferred” (p. 85)
Fonte: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 3 “United Hotcake Preferred” (p. 69)
“Make love when you can. It's good for you.”
Introduction (1966)
Mother Night (1961)
“What is flirtatiousness but an argument that life must go on and on and on?”
Fonte: Jailbird (1979), p. 24
Fonte: The Sirens of Titan (1959), Chapter 7 “Victory” (p. 174)
Bennington College address (1970)
