- [Announcer] This Indiana Bicentennial Minute
is made possible by the
Indiana Historical Society and the
law firm of Krieg-DeVault.
- [Jane] Booth Tarkington, Theodore Dreiser,
Lou Wallace.
Just some of the famous writers who have made
Indiana quite the literary state.
But perhaps no Hoosier author has had more
impact than Kurt Vonnegut.
His "Slaughterhouse Five" depicting the
firebombing of Dresden he experienced
as a prisoner of war,
was an instant classic in 1969,
and ranked one of the 100 best books
of the 20th Century.
World renowned but always a Hoosier,
"All my jokes are Indianapolis,
"all my attitudes are Indianapolis"
he said.
"What people like about me is Indianapolis."
Vonnegut published 14 novels and
numerous short stories and plays.
He died in 2007 in Manhattan.
But a Hoosier spirit lives on in his works.
So it goes.
I'm Jane Pauley,
with this Indiana Bicentennial Minute.
- [Announcer] Made possible by the
Indiana Historical Society and the
law firm of Krieg-DeVault.