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Mar 18, 1957 Osseo, Minnesota, United States 67 years old
American storyteller
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About Kevin Kling
- Kevin Kling is an American storyteller and a commentator for National Public Radio. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- In 2009, he won the A.
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- Anderson Award for Outstanding Contributions to Literature and the Arts in Minnesota.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.
