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Kurt Vonnegut was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis, to a German-American family. He studies at Cornell University, Carnegie Institute and the University of Chicago. In 1942 he enlists in the United States Army. In 1944, after the battle of the Bulge he becomes a war prisoner at Dresden, where less than two months later he witnesses the fire bombing of Dresden, in February 1945. He was awarded a Purple Heart, one of the most important American military decorations. In 1946 he becomes a reporter for the Chicago News Agency, and between 1947 and 1950 he worked in public relations for General Electric. In 1950 he publishes his first story, the next year he moves in Princeton, Massachusetts, dedicating his life to writing.

His first novel, Player Piano is published in 1952, followed by The Sirens of Titan (1959), Mother Night (1961), Cat’s Cradle (1963), God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater or Pearls before Swine (1965), Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children Crusade: A Duty-Dance With Death (1969), Breakfast of Champions or, Goodbye Blue Monday! (1973), Slapstick or, Lonesome No More! (1976), Jailbird (1979), Deadeye Dick (1982), Galapagos: A Novel (1985), Bluebeard (1987), Hocus Pocus (1990), Timequake (1997). He also published short-stories collection volumes: Canary in a Cathouse (1961), Welcome to the Monkey House: A Collection of Short Works (1968) and Bagombo Snuff Box: Uncollected Short Fiction (1999) , plays, essays and “autobiographical collages”.
Kurt Vonnegut died on 11 april 2007.

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	Title: Armageddon Price: 53 LEI Publisher: VINTAGE Category: Universal literature ISBN: 0-099-52408-3 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Armageddon In Retrospect Price: 75 LEI Publisher: JONATHAN CAPE Category: Universal literature ISBN: 0-224-08539-7 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Bagombo snuff box Price: 48 LEI Publisher: VINTAGE Category: Universal literature ISBN: 0-099-28296-8 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Cutremur de timp Price: 27 LEI Publisher: HUMANITAS FICTION Category: Universal literature ISBN: 973-689-287-5 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Galapagos Price: 48 LEI Publisher: HARPER COLLINS Category: Universal literature ISBN: 0-586-09045-2 Stock estimation: 2	Details
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	Title: Puscariasul Price: 27 LEI Publisher: HUMANITAS FICTION Category: Universal literature ISBN: 973-689-328-5 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Slaughterhouse 5 Price: 42 LEI Publisher: VINTAGE Category: Universal literature ISBN: 0-099-80020-9 Stock estimation: 1	Details
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	Title: Zambiti, va rog! Price: 17 LEI Publisher: UNIVERS Category: Stories, tales, sketches, short stories ISBN: 99931-13-30-0 Stock estimation: 9	Details
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