House Resolution 46 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  MASCHER
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the life and accomplishments of
  1  4    Kurt Vonnegut.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the world lost one of its most interesting
  1  6 writers with the passing of Kurt Vonnegut on April 11,
  1  7 2007; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Mr. Vonnegut, who served in the Army
  1  9 during World War II and was captured by Germany during
  1 10 the Battle of the Bulge, survived the Allied bombing
  1 11 of Dresden where he was held prisoner; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Mr. Vonnegut was a teacher and lecturer at
  1 13 the University of Iowa's renowned Writers' Workshop
  1 14 from 1965 to 1967; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Mr. Vonnegut is viewed as a key influence
  1 16 in the shaping of twentieth=century American
  1 17 literature; and
  1 18    WHEREAS, Mr. Vonnegut, a self=described religious
  1 19 skeptic and freethinking humanist, used his
  1 20 protagonists to create social commentary about culture
  1 21 and history; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, Mr. Vonnegut authored more than a dozen
  1 23 novels, including the literary classics
  1 24 "Slaughterhouse=Five" and "Cat's Cradle" and the 2005
  1 25 best seller "A Man Without a Country"; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  1 27 That the House of Representatives honors the memory of
  1 28 author Kurt Vonnegut and celebrates both his life and
  1 29 accomplishments.
  1 30 LSB 2912HH 82
  2  1 ak:rj/es/88