Background
II, Charles Alfonso Kinder, was born on October 8, 1946 in Montgomery, West Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Alfonso and Eileen Reba Kinder.
II, Charles Alfonso Kinder, was born on October 8, 1946 in Montgomery, West Virginia, United States. Son of Charles Alfonso and Eileen Reba Kinder.
Bachelor in English, West Virginia University, 1967. Master of Arts in English, 1968. Master of Arts in Writing, Stanford University, 1973.
Institute in English Waynesburg College, Pennsylvania, 1968—1970. Jones lecturer in fiction Stanford University, California, 1973—1976. Writer-in-residence University California, Davis, 1979, University Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1980.
Associate professor University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, since 1980.
Judge Steven Crane Prize and Peter Neagoe Prize Syracuse University, 1982.
Married Diane Cecily Blackmer, March 22, 1975.