Vonnegut BIO

childhood there and later went to the local highschool. At Shortridge he gained his first writing

experience as a writer and editor for the Daily Echo, the first daily high school newspaper in the

After graduating from Shortridge in 1940, Vonnegut attended Cornell University. His

father wished him to study something solid and dependable, so Vonnegut began college as a

science major. Vonnegut’s attention however was turned

Some topics in this essay:
Sirens Titans, Dresden Germany, Cornell University, Indianapolis November, Daily Echo, Cornell Sun, Barnhouse Effect, Hiroshima Nagasaki, Writers’ Workshop, Electric February, short stories, people killed,