Edith Vonnegut
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Born | 1949 (age 74–75) Schenectady, New York, U.S. |
Other names | Edith Vonnegut Rivera; Edith Vonnegut Squibb |
Occupation | Painter |
Parent(s) | Kurt Vonnegut and Jane Marie (Cox) |
Relatives | Mark Vonnegut (brother) |
Edith "Edie" Vonnegut (born 1949 in Schenectady, New York) is an American painter.[1]
Her work—most of which juxtaposes heavenly beings and mundane activities—has been showcased at galleries across the United States,[2] and is featured in the book Domestic Goddesses, along with her humorous commentary.[3]
Life and career
Vonnegut is the daughter of novelist Kurt Vonnegut and his first wife, Jane Marie (Cox),[4][5] and the sister of Mark Vonnegut and Nanette Vonnegut. Her paternal grandmother is Edith Lieber Vonnegut.[4] She grew up in Barnstable, Massachusetts and her parents supported her desire to become an artist.[6] She graduated from Boston Museum School of Fine Arts and University of Iowa.[2]
When her father became famous she got swept into the limelight with him, living in New York City for fifteen years until returning to Cape Cod to start a family. While initially concerned having children would doom her career as an artist, it turned out to be a fertile source for her painting.[6] Since 1985, she has been married to John Squibb;[6] they have two sons together.[2]
She was once married to television personality Geraldo Rivera and has published under the names Edith Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut Rivera, and Edith Vonnegut Squibb.[7][8]
Vonnegut studied transcendental meditation with her mother, Jane, in 1967.[9]
Partial bibliography
- Vonnegut Rivera, Edith (1973). Nora's Tale. R. W. Baron. ISBN 978-0-87777-048-0. (dedication: "for Geraldo")
- Vonnegut, Edith (1998). Domestic Goddesses. Pomegranate. ISBN 978-0-7649-0687-9.
- Vonnegut, Kurt (2020). Vonnegut, Edith (ed.). Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-593-13301-9.
References
- ^ "Edith Vonnegut | Bio". Retrieved August 14, 2024.
- ^ a b c Berry, S. L. (2004). "Four Generations Represented in Show". The Indianapolis Star.
- ^ Mahany, Barbara (April 25, 1999). "It's Not Women's Work-It's Goddess Duty". Chicago Tribune. ProQuest 418924309.
- ^ a b Lloyd, Christopher (April 12, 2007). "American Voice, Hoosier Icon Dies". The Indianapolis Star. p. A2.
- ^ "Edith Vonnegut |Bio: Selected Bibliography". Archived from the original on December 9, 2014. Retrieved May 25, 2015.
- ^ a b c Stapen, Nancy (October 14, 1993). "Edith Vonnegut: Rubens Meets Real Life". The Boston Globe. p. 69.
- ^ Bloomgarden-Smoke, Kara (November 20, 2012). "Kurt Vonnegut's Daughter Nanette Was Never Married to Geraldo Rivera". Observer. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Ryan, Erin Gloria (December 1, 2017). "Geraldo Rivera's 1991 Memoir Is a Horndog's Bible of Workplace Harassment". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 1, 2023.
- ^ Shields, Charles J. (November 8, 2011). And So It Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life. Macmillan, November 8, 2011. p. 234. ISBN 978-0805086935. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
TM percolated into the Vonnegut household through Edie … . Edie and Jane enrolled in introductory lectures and paid for their personal mantras … .
External links
- Official website
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- Player Piano (1952)
- The Sirens of Titan (1959)
- Mother Night (1961)
- Cat's Cradle (1963)
- God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1965)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1969)
- Breakfast of Champions (1973)
- Slapstick (1976)
- Jailbird (1979)
- Deadeye Dick (1982)
- Galápagos (1985)
- Bluebeard (1987)
- Hocus Pocus (1990)
- Timequake (1997)
- Sun Moon Star (1980)
- God Bless You, Dr. Kevorkian (1999)
- We Are What We Pretend to Be: The First and Last Works (2013)
- Canary in a Cat House (1961)
- Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)
- Bagombo Snuff Box (1999)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Look at the Birdie (2009)
- While Mortals Sleep (2011)
- Sucker's Portfolio (2013)
- Complete Stories (2017)
- Wampeters, Foma and Granfalloons (1974)
- Palm Sunday (1981)
- Fates Worse Than Death (1991)
- A Man Without a Country (2005)
- Armageddon in Retrospect (2008)
- Kurt Vonnegut: Letters (2012)
- If This Isn't Nice, What Is?: Advice to the Young (2013)
- Vonnegut by the Dozen (2013)
- Fortitude (1968)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Like Shaking Hands with God (1999)
- Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut (1999)
- Kurt Vonnegut: The Last Interview (1999)
- Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1971)
- Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)
- Between Time and Timbuktu (1972)
- Next Door (1975)
- Kurt Vonnegut's God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater (1979)
- Slapstick of Another Kind (1982)
- Who Am I This Time? (1982)
- Displaced Person (1985)
- Kurt Vonnegut's Monkey House (1991)
- Harrison Bergeron (1995)
- Mother Night (1996)
- Breakfast of Champions (1999)
- 2081 (2009)
- 2BR02B: To Be or Naught to Be (2016)
and concepts
- Kurt Vonnegut Museum and Library
- Vonnegut (Mercury crater)
- Jill Krementz (second wife)
- Mark Vonnegut (son)
- Edith Vonnegut (daughter)
- Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (father)
- Bernard Vonnegut (brother)
- Bernard Vonnegut Sr. (grandfather)
- Clemens Vonnegut (great-grandfather)
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