Kurt Vonnegut

Kurt Vonnegut (1922–2007) was an American novelist known for satirical, darkly humorous fiction. He published Player Piano in 1952, followed by Cat's Cradle and The Sirens of Titan, but his best-known book is Slaughterhouse-Five, an anti-war novel that moves back and forth through the life of a prisoner of war. Later works include Breakfast of Champions and A Man Without a Country, a collection of autobiographical essays. He died in 2007.