Charles Alfonso Kinder II (October 8, 1946 – May 3, 2019) was an American novelist.
Chuck Kinder | |
|---|---|
| Born | Charles Alfonso Kinder II October 8, 1946 Montgomery, West Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | May 3, 2019 (aged 72) Key Largo, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Education | West Virginia University (BA, MA) Stanford University |
| Spouse | Diane Cecily Blackmer |
| Parents | Charles Alfonso Kinder Eileen Reba Parsons |
Biography
editKinder was born October 8 in Montgomery, West Virginia to Charles Alfonso and Eileen Reba (Parsons) Kinder. He was educated at West Virginia University (BA, MA) and Stanford University (Stegner Fellowship). After teaching at Stanford and Waynesburg College, Kinder was a professor of English at the University of Pittsburgh, where he taught from 1980 until his retirement in 2014.[1]
At Stanford, Kinder became close friends with fellow students Raymond Carver and Scott Turow, and Stegner alumnus Larry McMurtry. His relationship with Carver inspired his 2001 novel Honeymooners: A Cautionary Tale, which for nearly twenty years had vexed Kinder and had grown, uncontrollably, into a sprawling manuscript of over 3,000 pages. Kinder's struggle with this manuscript was local legend at the University of Pittsburgh. Michael Chabon, once an undergraduate student of Kinder's, used it as inspiration for the character Grady Tripp in the 1995 novel Wonder Boys.[2]
Kinder was married to Diane Cecily Blackmer. He died May 4, 2019, in Key Largo, Florida.
Novels
edit- Snakehunter (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1973)
- The Silver Ghost (New York: Harcourt Brace, 1979)
- Honeymooners: A Cautionary Tale (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2001)
Creative Nonfiction
edit- Last Mountain Dancer: Hard-Earned Lessons in Love, Loss, and Honky-Tonk Outlaw Life, (New York: Carroll & Graf, 2004)
Poetry
edit- Giant Night: The Secret Science of Angels and Aliens : The Poem as Memoir, Funerary Text, with Kitchen Sink (Pittsburgh: self-published, 2013)
- Imagination Hotel (Pittsburgh: Six Gallery Press, 2014)[3][4]
- All That Yellow (Pittsburgh: Low Ghost Press, 2014)[5][6]
- Hot Jewels (Pittsburgh: Six Gallery Press, 2017)[7]
Sources
editContemporary Authors Online. The Gale Group, 2003. PEN (Permanent Entry Number): 0000150152.
References
edit- ^ Blazina, Ed (May 4, 2019). "Obituary: Chuck Kinder / Gregarious writer, Pitt professor was basis of character in 'Wonder Boys'". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
- ^ Kipen, David (June 28, 2001). "PROFILE / Chuck Kinder / Pulitzer material / Writer who inspired Chabon's prize-winning novel about writers finally publishes his own book about writers". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Collins, Kristofer. "Chuck Kinder's Double Feature - All That Yellow & Imagination Motel Book Launch!". Facebook. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Behe, Rege. "Poetry collection reflects Squirrel Hill writer's roots". Trib Live. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Collins, Kristofer. "Chuck Kinder's Double Feature - All That Yellow & Imagination Motel Book Launch!". Facebook. Archived from the original on 23 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ Collins, Kristofer (3 October 2014). "Low Ghost Press: ALL THAT YELLOW (Low Ghost Giant Size #1) by Chuck Kinder!". Low Ghost Press. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
- ^ "5/31 Hot Jewels by Chuck Kinder launch @ City of Asylum". Six Gallery Press. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
External links
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- [1] Kinder remembrance page on Pitt English Department Web site