Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84

[Joe Allonby]

Kurt taught me that literature could be good, funny, important, and
entertaining all at the same time.

For Christmas in 1977, I got a paperback of "Breakfast of Champions" in my
stocking. That was a very important moment in my life.


On 4/11/07, robinlandseadel at comcast.net <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Sad.
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>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: "Matthew Ryan" <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
> > Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels
> > like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle" and "God Bless You, Mr.
> > Rosewater" caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a
> > generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in
> > Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.
> > His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family friend, who
> > said Mr. Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several
> > weeks ago.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html?hp
>
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: "Matthew Ryan" <matthew.ryan at gmail.com>
> To: Pynchlist <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> Date: Thu, 12 Apr 2007 03:38:17 +0000
> Subject: Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84
> Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels
> like "Slaughterhouse-Five," "Cat's Cradle" and "God Bless You, Mr.
> Rosewater" caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a
> generation, died last night in Manhattan. He was 84 and had homes in
> Manhattan and in Sagaponack on Long Island.
> His death was reported by Morgan Entrekin, a longtime family friend, who
> said Mr. Vonnegut suffered brain injuries as a result of a fall several
> weeks ago.
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/11/books/11cnd-vonnegut.html?hp
>
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