Kevin Kling

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Kevin Kling
Born
Osseo, Minnesota, United States

Kevin Kling is an American storyteller and a commentator for National Public Radio.

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Life and career

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]

In 1993, Kling won the Whiting Award for drama. [2] In 2009, he won the A. P. Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota. [3]

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]

Plays

Books

Recordings

Awards

References

  1. 1 2 "Kevin Kling Returns". National Public Radio. January 2002. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Kevin Kling 1993 Whiting Award". Whiting Award Foundation. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Storyteller receives A.P. Anderson Award". Redwing Republican Eagle. May 24, 2009. Archived from the original on November 17, 2015. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  4. ↑ Flora Joy. "The 2010 Storytelling World Resource Awards." http://storytellingworld.com/2010/ Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  5. ↑ National Storytelling Network. "Circle of Excellence Award Recipients." http://storynet.org/oracle/circleofexcellence.html Archived 2011-09-15 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 14 July 2017.


  1. ↑ Press, Chris Hewitt | Pioneer (2015-02-25). "Kevin Kling answers 9 questions, and, yes, Don Knotts would play him". Twin Cities. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
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