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I do not say that children at war do not die like men, if they have to die. To their everlasting honor and our everlasting shame they do die like men, thus making possible the manly jubilation of patriotic holidays. But they are murdered children all the same.


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Author Bio


  • NameKurt Vonnegut
  • Description20th-century American writer
  • AliasesKurt Vonnegut, Jr.
  • BornNovember 11, 1922
  • DiedApril 11, 2007
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionPlaywright; Writer; Screenwriter; Novelist; Essayist
  • WorksCat's Cradle; Slaughterhouse-Five; Breakfast Of Champions
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; Purple Heart; Humanist Of The Year