Kurt Vonnegut dead at 84
CNN is reporting this morning about the death, yesterday, of American author Kurt Vonnegut. It must be a little too early in the morning for the on-air CNN folks though because they listed Catch-22 as one of Vonnegut’s books, which is of course by Joseph Heller. Hopefully they’ll correct that for later broadcasts. The NYTimes has an obituary up as well. Wikipedia is also on the case already.
One of my first places here in Iowa City was next to the Vonnegut house near Brown Street. Vonnegut taught here at the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. Wikipedia has this to say about his Iowa tenure:
On the verge of abandoning writing, Vonnegut was offered a teaching job at the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. While he was there, Cat’s Cradle became a best-seller, and he began Slaughterhouse-Five, now considered one of the best American Novels of the 20th century, appearing on the 100 best lists of Time magazine and the Modern Library.
He will be missed.
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