S.K. Kelen

Stephen Kenneth Kelen (born 1956) is an Australian poet.

Life
Kelen was born in Sydney. His father, Stephen Istvan Kelen, was a journalist and writer, and his brother, Christopher Kelen, is also a poet. Stephen Kelen began publishing poetry in 1973, when he won a Poetry Australia contest for young poets and several of his poems were published in that journal.

Kelen attended the University of Sydney, where he studied Philosophy and Literature. After graduating he worked in Canberra as a civil servant, and reviewed books for the Canberra Times. He has also been a visiting professor at the University of South Dakota in 1996, and AsiaLink Writer in Residence in Vietnam in 1998. In 2005 he completed a Ph.D. from the University of Adelaide.

Recognition
Kelen's collection Earthly Delights was a joint winner of the Judith Wright Award in 2007.

Publications
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy the Australian Poetry Library.