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Kevin Kling is an American storyteller and a commentator for National Public Radio.
Kevin Kling | |
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| Born | Osseo, Minnesota, United States |
| Nationality | American |
Kling grew up in Osseo, Minnesota, and graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre. He began his career in the Twin Cities during the 1990s with two plays that wrote: 21A and Fear and Loving in Minneapolis.[1] His one-man show Home and Away premiered at the Seattle Repertory Theatre and then moved to Second Stage Theatre (NYC) under the direction of David Esbjornson, also a Gustavus Adolphus College alumnus.[2][3] Kling and Minneapolis-based accordionist and singer Simone Perrin have collaborated on two works, How? How? Why? Why? and Breakin' Hearts and Takin' Names.
In 1993, Kling won the Whiting Award for drama.[4] In 2009, he won the A. P. Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota.[2]
Kling has also made regular storytelling contributions to NPR’s All Things Considered. He has released several CD collections, including a boxed set, Collected Stories. His first published book of short stories was The Dog Says How followed by four more titles.
Kling has not been slowed in his work by a birth defect that shriveled his left arm and a motorcycle accident that completely paralyzed his right arm.[1]
- 21A
- Fear and Loving in Minneapolis
- Home and Away
- Lloyd's Prayer
- The Education of Walter Kauffman
- The Seven Dwarfs
- Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup
- Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse
- Invisible Fences (with Gaelynn Lea)
- The Dog Says How, Borealis Books, 2007
- Kevin Kling's Holiday Inn, Borealis Books, 2009
- Big Little Brother, Borealis Books, 2011
- Big Little Mother, Borealis Books, 2013
- On Stage with Kevin Kling, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 2013
- 1994 Home and Away
- 2001 Stories Off the Shallow End
- 2003 Wonderlure
- 2004 A Fool's Paradise
- 2004 Collected Stories
- 2007 Alive
- 2012 State Fair
- 2014 Come & Get It
- 1986 Heideman Best Short Play Award for 21A
- 1993 Whiting Award
- 2009 A.P. Anderson Award
- 2010 Storytelling World Storytelling Collection, for "The Dog Says How" [5]
- 2012 National Storytelling Network's Circle of Excellence Award [6]
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