European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 stars and stripes Friday april 13 2007 our own Mark Twain Kurt Vonnegut expo and author of books including Dies at 84 by Cristian Salazar the associated press new books such As Slaugh teahouse five cats Cradle and hocus pocus Kurt Vonnegut mixed the bitter and funny with a touch of the profound Vonnegut regarded by Many critics As a key influence in shaping 20thcentury american literature died wednesday at 84 he had suffered brain injuries after a re cent fall at his Manhattan Home said his wife photographer Jill Krementz in a statement Norman Mailer hailed Vonnegut As a marvelous writer with a style that remained undeniably and imperturbable his own i would Salute him our own Mark Twain Vonnegut is works More than a dozen novels plus Short stories essays and plays contained elements of social commen tary science fiction and autobiography hours after his death Slaughter House five had jumped to the top 10 on Amazon com while cat5s Cradle and the nonfiction a Man without a country had reached the top 40 Vonnegut s longtime Friend and manager Donald Farber said there would be no pub Lic memorial Only a private gathering of family and friends he also said that other Vonnegut books were Likely to come out but declined to offer specifics a self described religious septic and freethinking humanist Vonnegut used protagonists such As Billy Pilgrim and Eliot Rosewater bless you mras transparent vehicles for his Points of View he was a Man who combined a wicked sense of humor and sort of steady moral Compass who was always sort of looking at the big picture of the things that were most important said Joel Bleifuss editor of in these times a Liberal Magazine based in Chicago that featured Vonnegut articles like catch22 by Vonnegut Friend Joseph Heller slaughterhouse five was a world War n novel embraced by opponents of the Vietnam War linking a so called Good War to the unpopular conflict of the 1960s and 70s some of Vonnegut s books were banned and burned for alleged obscenity he took on censorship As an Active member of the pen writers Aid group and the american civil liberties Union Vonnegut said the villains in his books were never individuals but culture society and history which he said were making a mess of the planet i like to say that the 51st state is the state of denial he said in 2005 if s As though a huge Comet were heading for us and nobody wants to talk about it were just about to run out of Petroleum and theres nothing to replace it despite his commercial Success von novelist Kurt Vonnegut and his wife photographer Jii Krementz Are seen in this 2004 photo in new York Vonnegut who wrote several works including slaughterhouse five died wednesday a neut battled depression throughout his life and in 1984 he attempted suicide with pills and alcohol joking later about How he botched the Job Vonnegut was born on nov 111922 in Indianapolis and studied chemistry at Cor Nell University before joining the Arney his Mother killed herself just before he left for Germany during world War n where he was quickly taken prisoner during the Bat the of the bulge he was being held in Dresden when Al lied bombs firebombed the German City he spent 23 years struggling to write about the ordeal which he survived by huddling with other pos inside an underground meat locker labelled slaughterhouse five Baum older vhf Germany Dan 3144856636 21st medical Del a Sham Hohenfels Germany free breakfast family apartments hot tub Sauna dogs Welcome american owned Heidelberg vhf Germany Dan 3143889470 Northern Europe vet Darmstadt Germany Dan go Mannheim vhf Germany expires april 30th or forms accepted rooms starting double of panty worldwide shipping available free to select cities Span Dahlem vhf Germany go 0656561 9388 Stuttgart vhf Germany Bamberg vhf Germany go 09513007972 Hanau vhf Germany go 06181888160 Vilseck vhf Germany Dan Wuerzburg vhf Germany Dan 31 43507429 Giessen vhf Germany Wiesbaden vhf Germany 17056283 grief Belstadt Germany go Kaiser Lautem Germany 7223 79th medical det is so rear chevres Belgium 0   Rotast Spain Dan 7273149  Camp Darby vhf Italy mad Dales vhf Sardinia Italy Naples vhf to Tail 17918 Simonella vhf Sicily Italy Vicenza vhf Italy a a