Friday, April 13, 2007
Kurt Vonnegut, one of my all-time favorite authors, died this week at the age of 84. His 19 novels and dozens of short stories, essays and plays, made him world-famous, but many people may not know that he suffered from depression all his life and attempted suicide with pills and alcohol in ...
Thank you for your post on Vonnegut. I am an admirer of his path-breaking writing, but did not know about his struggle with depression.
It is important to be reminded that persons with mental illness can be productive or even prominent members of society despite their struggles; and of the creativity (be it artistic, musical, literary, ...) exhibited by many people who have had to fight through depression, bipolar disorder, or other similar disorders.