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Donne
English poet. Born into a Roman Catholic family, he entered Oxford Univ. at 12; he later transferred to Cambridge, and subsequently studied law. An adventurer in youth, he hoped for a high public appointment, but a clandestine marriage to his employer's daughter ruined his prospects. He converted to Anglicanism; ordained in 1615, he became a preacher of great power and eloquence and was installed as dean of St. Paul's Cathedral in 1621. The greatest of the English Metaphysical poets (see Metaphysical poetry), he is noted for his love lyrics, religious verse and treatises, and sermons. His secular poetry, most written early in his career, is direct, intense, brilliantly witty, and daringly imaginative. Later his tone darkened with works such as the Anniversaries (1611-12), two long poems meditating on the decay of the world. His 19 famous "Holy Sonnets" (written 1607-13) were published posthumously. Among his prose works, many as dramatic and intimate as his poetry, the most enduring is Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624).
Vonnegut
U.S. novelist. Born in Indianapolis, he attended Cornell Univ. and the Univ. of Chicago. He was captured by the Germans during World War II and survived the Allied firebombing of Dresden, an experience he made part of Slaughterhouse-Five (1969; film, 1972). His pessimistic and satirical novels use fantasy and science fiction to highlight the horrors and ironies of 20th-cent. civilization. They include Player Piano (1952), Cat's Cradle (1963), Breakfast of Champions (1973), Galá pagos (1985), Hocus Pocus (1990), and Timequake (1997). He also has written plays, incl. Happy Birthday, Wanda June (1970), and collections of short stories, incl. Welcome to the Monkey House (1968).
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