Edith "Edie" Vonnegut (born December 29, 1949) 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 bookDomestic Goddesses, along with her humorous commentary.^[3]

Born December 29, 1949 inSchenectady, New York, Vonnegut is the daughter of novelistKurt Vonnegut and his first wife, Jane Marie (Cox),^[4][5] and the sister ofMark Vonnegut and Nanette Vonnegut. Her paternal grandmother is Edith Lieber Vonnegut.^[4] She grew up inBarnstable, Massachusetts and her parents supported her desire to become an artist.^[6] She graduated fromBoston Museum School of Fine Arts andUniversity of Iowa.^[2]

When her father became famous she got swept into the limelight with him, living inNew York City for fifteen years until returning toCape 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 personalityGeraldo Rivera and has published under the names Edith Vonnegut, Edith Vonnegut Rivera, and Edith Vonnegut Squibb.^[7][8] Vonnegut studiedtranscendental meditation with her mother, Jane, in 1967.^[9]

She edited a collection of her father's love letters to her mother that he wrote during his service duringWorld War II in a bookLove, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945.^[10] Some letters were typed, while others were handwritten and illustrated. They foreshadowed the person Kurt Vonnegut would become and reveal that Jane's advice and counsel were instrumental in shaping the writer he became.^[10]

• 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.^[11]
• Vonnegut, Kurt (2020). Vonnegut, Edith (ed.).Love, Kurt: The Vonnegut Love Letters, 1941-1945. New York:Random House.ISBN 978-0-593-13301-9.^[10][12]

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