Biographie de Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis in 1922. He studied at the universities of Chicago and Tennessee and later began to write short stories for magazines. His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1951 and was followed by The Sirens of Titan (1959) ; Mother Night (1961) ; Cat's Cradle (1963) ; God Bless You Mr Rosewater (1964) ; Welcome to the Monkey House (1968) ; a collection of short stories, Slaughterhouse Five (1969) ; Breakfast of Champions (1973) ; Slapstick, or Lonesome No More (1976) ; Jailbird (1979) ; Deadeye Dick (1982) ; Galapagos (1985), Bluebeard (1988), Hocus Pocus (1990) and Timequake (1997).
He is also the author of a number of collections of short stories and essays. Kurt Vonnegut died in 2007. Parra is a self-taught artist and illustrator whose work has been exhibited all over the world. He has won numerous awards including the Dutch Design Award for Illustration 2010 and the Amsterdam Award of Arts 2010. Parra also plays with the electronic band Le Le and is co-owner of the New Wave clothing label Rockwell.
He lives and works in Amsterdam.
