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Kurt Vonnegut: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Added cross-references and head levels. Nov 04, 2024
Add new Web site: Official Site of kurtvonnegut. Oct 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Encyclopedia of Indianapolis - Kurt Vonnegut. Sep 12, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Apr 15, 2024
Anniversary information added. Apr 07, 2024
Anniversary information added. Nov 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Official Site of Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library. Aug 08, 2023
Media added. Dec 03, 2021
Changed “to enlist in the U.S. Air Force” to “to enlist in the U.S. Army”; added Complete Stories. Mar 02, 2021
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Feb 01, 2019
Add new Web site: Harvard Square Library - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Feb 01, 2019
Added cross-references. Dec 12, 2016
Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Apr 26, 2015
Add new Web site: h2g2 - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut. Apr 26, 2015
Add new Web site: Indiana Historical Society - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut. May 20, 2014
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut. Feb 11, 2013
Noted the publication of We Are What We Pretend to Be. Nov 14, 2012
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut. Nov 21, 2011
Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of Kurt Vonnegut. Nov 21, 2011
Add new Web site: Cultural China.com - Biography of Bertolt Brecht. Nov 21, 2011
Add new Web site: Official Site of Kurt Vonnegut Society. Nov 21, 2011
Added the collection While Mortals Sleep (2011). Feb 04, 2011
Article revised and updated. Jan 28, 2011
Added information on the opening of the Vonnegut Library in Indianapolis. Dec 02, 2010
Added mentions of Wampeters, Foma & Granfalloons, Armageddon in Retrospect, and Look at the Birdie to article, and changed article title from "Kurt Vonnegut, Jr." to "Kurt Vonnegut." Nov 03, 2009
Article revised and updated. Apr 12, 2007
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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