Possible Clues:

• Kurt --, author of the novel 'Slaughterhouse-Five'
• "How embarrassing to be human" writer
• Kurt who wrote ''Cat's Cradle''
• Author who created the fatalistic optometrist Billy Pilgrim
• 'Slaughterhouse-Five' novelist
• Novelist Kurt
• Well-known slapstick writer
• He wrote "Cat's Cradle"
• Kurt —, US author
• *"Slaughterhouse-Five" author