Kurt Vonnegut (November 11, 1922 – April 11, 2007) was an American author known for his satirical and darkly humorous novels. In a career spanning over 50 years, he published fourteen novels and three short story collections; further works were published after his death. Born and raised in Indianapolis, Vonnegut enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1943. Deployed to Europe to fight in World War II, he was captured by the Germans and interned in Dresden, where he survived the Allied bombing of the city in a slaughterhouse. Vonnegut published his first novel, Player Piano, in 1952. Two of his novels, The Sirens of Titan (1959) and Cat's Cradle (1963), were nominated for the Hugo Award. Slaughterhouse-Five (1969), a best-seller that resonated with its readers for its anti-war sentiment amidst the ongoing Vietnam War, thrust Vonnegut into fame as an important contemporary writer and a dark humor commentator on American society. Numerous scholarly works have examined Vonnegut's writing and humor. This photograph by Bernard Gotfryd shows Vonnegut in 1965.Photograph credit: Bernard Gotfryd; restored by Adam Cuerden
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I mainly work on Military articles and I and am a fervent participant of WikiProject Military History. Inside of that I mainly work on articles about American military history, including the American Revolutionary War, the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War. I also nominate and review Good articles, and I welcome a number of users. Here is my edit count, if you wish to see it. [1]
I have awarded you this medal for your work in helping to reduce the backlog during the Good Article Candidates Backlog Elimination Drive. You reviewed five or more articles during the drive, which helped to contribute to the large decrease in the backlog. If you have the time, please continue to review articles to help make sure the backlog does not jump back up to what it was. Good job and happy editing! Nehrams2020 06:49, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
The Excellent Userpage Award
You were a finalist of the Best User Page Contest! Congratulations! MarlithT/C 03:53, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
For reviewing 5 or more Good article nominations during this past March 2011 GA backlog elimination drive, I hereby award you The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar. Good job! –MuZemike 17:24, 13 April 2011 (UTC)
I think you are completely missing the point in autograph pages. The purpose is not to make it long, it is to collect signatures of friendly Wikipedians. If you are trying to make the longest, then you are completely missing the point. But I'll sign anyway. Would you sign mine, please? ;-) ANNAfoxlover 00:51, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I came here to tell you that I have a strict rule against signing autograph pages. They do not help the encyclopedia, and they are a distraction from more important things, and I would never do something as silly as place my autograph on a page like this. But whoops ... here I am writing on this page, so I am going to have to sign my comment, and so after all you wind up with the autograph of ... Newyorkbrad 01:05, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Good luck with this lol --- RockMFR 01:25, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm basically doing this just to annoy all those Wikipedians out there who for some unknown reason, seem to hate autograph books! Good luck!!!!!!!!! SensibleMenace 16:06, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
Hey there! Fancy signing my guestbook? - 09:35, 21 October 2008 (UTC)
Nice to meet you! Fancy signing my guestbook? - Alistairjh or 2o-DeMoN-o8 (talk) 20:50, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
Hey there! Nice to see you. Feel free to sign my guestbook (if you haven't already)! Then have a beer in Virginia Beach! ;) -- MISTER ALCOHOLTC 06:03, 8 December 2008 (UTC)
Hi! I've traced my Welcome path (my welcomer, then his, etc.) all the way up to you! Great work around here! PS-I can't find your own welcome message in your archives; if you still have them, send them my way! ;) Cheers! Double Plus Ungood (talk) 23:04, 29 March 2018 (UTC)
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