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S. K. Kelen

January 20, 2023

Stephen Kenneth Kelen (born in Sydney in 1956), known as S. K. Kelen, is an Australian poet and educator. S. K. 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 Sydney in various jobs then 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. He taught poetry, creative writing and literary studies at the University of Canberra and taught in high schools and colleges in the ACT.

Recognition

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

Other awards won by Kelen include the 1973 Poetry Australia Prize (writers under 18 years of age), an ACT Creative Arts Fellowship in 2000, and the CAPO (Capital Arts Patrons Organisation) Award in 2001 and in 2004 and 2007 - 2008 Australia Council Grants for Established Writers for poetry writing.

Awards

Award for individual works

  • Island Earth: New and selected poems. 2012 selected work poetry
  • 2013 - shortlisted ACT Book of the Year Award
  • Earthly Delights 2006 selected work poetry
    • 2007 - shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award — Dinny O'Hearn Poetry Prize
    • 2007 - joint winner Australian Capital Territory Poetry Award — Judith Wright Award for a Published Collection by an Australian Poet Joint winner with Diane Fahey for Sea Wall and River Light.
  • Goddess of Mercy : Poems, 2002, selected work poetry
  • Shimmerings: Poems, 2000 selected work poetry
    • 2002 - shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature (SA) — John Bray Award for Poetry
  • "Near the Jungle" 1976. short story 1976 - runner-up, University of Sydney Union Short Story Competition
  • "Koki Market" 1976 - winner, University of Sydney Union Poetry Competition

Book and Chapbook Publications

  • The Gods Ash Their Cigarettes. St Lucia, Qld: Makar Press, 1978.
  • To the Heart of the World’s Electricity. Broadway, NSW: Senor Press, 1980.
  • Atomic Ballet. Sydney: Hale & Iremonger, 1991.
  • Dingo Sky. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1993.
  • West of Krakatoa: Poems. Ainslie, ACT: Limestone Press, 1994.
  • Trans-Sumatran Highway, and other poems. Cook, ACT: Polonius Press, 1995.
  • Postcards from the Universe. Cambridge, UK: Folio / Salt, 1998.
  • Dragon Rising: Poems. Hanoi, Viet Nam: The Gioi Publishers, 1998.
  • Shimmerings: Poems. Wollongong, NSW: Five Islands Press, 2000.
  • Goddess of Mercy: Poems. Blackheath, NSW: Brandl & Schlesinger, 2002.
  • Earthly Delights. Canberra: Pandanus Books, 2006.
  • Island Earth: New and selected poems. Blackheath, NSW: Brandl & Schlesinger, 2012
  • Don Juan Variations. Sydney: Vagabond Press, Rare Object Series, 2012
  • Yonder Blue Wild. Macao, PRC: flying island books, 2018
  • A Happening in Hades. Waratah, NSW: Puncher & Wattmann, 2020
  • Love's Philosophy. Sydney, NSW: Gazebo Books / Life Before Man, 2020

Anthologies

  • Poems included in ~
  • Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry, ed. Les Murray (Melbourne: Collins/Dove, 1986)
  • The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry, ed. John Tranter & Philip Mead (Melbourne: Penguin, 1991)
  • Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse, ed. Peter Porter (Oxford University Press, 1996)
  • Family Ties: poems of the Australian Family ed. Jennifer Strauss (Oxford University Press, 1998)
  • Landbridge: Contemporary Australian Poetry ed. John Kinsella (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1999)
  • Open Boat, Barbed Wire Sky: Poems for the Refugees ed Sue Hicks and Danny Gardner (Live Poets’ Press, Sydney 2003)
  • The Best Australian Poems 2003 ed Peter Craven (Black Ink, Melbourne 2003)
  • The Best Australian Poems 2004 ed Les Murray (Black Ink, Melbourne 2003)
  • Windchimes: Asia in Australian Poetry ed Noel Rowe and Vivian Smith (Pandanus, Canberra 2006)
  • Best Australian Poems 2007, ed. Peter Rose (Black Inc, Melbourne 2007)
  • Best Australian Poetry 2007, ed. John Tranter (UQP, St Lucia, 2007)
  • Che Guevara in Verse ed. Gavin O’Toole and Georgina Jimanez (Aflame Books, Wiltshire, 2007
  • Over There – Poems from Singapore and Australia ed. John Kinsella and Alvin Pang
  • Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry, ed John Kinsella, (Penguin, 2008)
  • The Perfume River: An Anthology of Writing from Vietnam, ed. Catherine Cole (UWA Publishing 2010)
  • The Best Australian Poems 2012 ed John Tranter (Black Ink, Melbourne 2012)
  • The Turnrow Anthology Of Contemporary Australian Poetry, ed. John Kinsella, Jack Heflin and William Ryan (Desperation Press/Tunrow Books, USA 2013)
  • The Best Australian Poems 2014 ed Geoff Page (Black Ink, Melbourne 2014)
  • The House is Not Quiet and The World is Not Calm: poetry from Canberra, ed Kit Kelen and Geoff Page (Association of Stories, Macao, 2014)
  • Contemporary Australian Poetry, ed Martin Langford, Judith Beveridge, Judy Johnson, David Musgrave (Puncher &Wattmann, Sydney, 2016)

Literary publications

Poems, short stories and book reviews have appeared in Australian and overseas magazines, including: The (Melbourne) Age, Agenda (UK), The American Pen (US), Antipodes (US), ANU Reporter, Aspect, The Australian, Australian Book Review, Block, The Bulletin, Chili Verde Review (US), Canberra Times, Cimarron Review (US), Compass, Cordite, Diwan (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Eclectica, Editions, Education, Etchings, Final Taxi Review, fieralingue, foam:e, Fulcrum, Heat, Hobo, Honi Soit, Imago, Iron (UK), Island, JAAM (NZ), Jack (US), Jacket, Journal of Poetics Research, The Literary Review (US), The Longneck (US), Madame Bull's Tavern (Canada), Magic Sam, Masthead, Meanjin, Metre (Ireland), Meuse, Muse, Narcissus, Nation Review, Newcastle Herald, New Poetry, Nguoi HaNoi ‘Hanoi People’ (Vietnam), Nimrod International: journal of poetry and prose (US), Otis Rush, Outrider, Overland, The Pen (UK), Poetry Australia, Poetry Canada, Poetry Kanto (Japan), Poetry Review (UK), poetryX, Poets Choice '76, '77, 78, 79, Polar Bear, Prague Literary Review (Czech), Prism International (Canada), P-76, The Reader, Salt, Melbourne Sunday Herald, Scripsi, Siglo, Slow Dancer (UK), South Dakota Review (US), Southerly, Stand (UK), Surfers Paradise, Sydney Morning Herald, Taj Mahal Review (India), Tien Ve, Thylazine, Timber Creek Review (US), Union Recorder, Verse (US), Vietnam Cultural Window (Vietnam), Voices, Your Friendly Fascist. Poems have also been broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the Poet's Tongue, a First Hearing and Poetica. Other broadcasts on 5UV Writers Radio, 2JJ, 2SER-FM, 2CN, Canberra Artsound.

References

  • S. K. Kelen (1956– ), Australian Poetry Library, (425 poems).
  • S.K. Kelen at AustLit University of Queensland

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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 Sydney in various jobs then 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 He taught poetry creative writing and literary studies at the University of Canberra and taught in high schools and colleges in the ACT Contents 1 Recognition 2 Awards 2 1 Award for individual works 3 Book and Chapbook Publications 4 Anthologies 5 Literary publications 6 ReferencesRecognition EditKelen s collection Earthly Delights was a joint winner of the Judith Wright Prize in 2007 Other awards won by Kelen include the 1973 Poetry Australia Prize writers under 18 years of age an ACT Creative Arts Fellowship in 2000 and the CAPO Capital Arts Patrons Organisation Award in 2001 and in 2004 and 2007 2008 Australia Council Grants for Established Writers for poetry writing Awards EditAward for individual works Edit Island Earth New and selected poems 2012 selected work poetry 2013 shortlisted ACT Book of the Year Award Earthly Delights 2006 selected work poetry 2007 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award Dinny O Hearn Poetry Prize 2007 joint winner Australian Capital Territory Poetry Award Judith Wright Award for a Published Collection by an Australian Poet Joint winner with Diane Fahey for Sea Wall and River Light Goddess of Mercy Poems 2002 selected work poetry 2003 shortlisted The Age Book of the Year Award Dinny O Hearn Poetry Prize 2003 shortlisted Victorian Premier s Literary Awards The C J Dennis Prize for Poetry 2003 highly commended Australian Capital Territory Book of the Year Award Shimmerings Poems 2000 selected work poetry 2002 shortlisted Festival Awards for Literature SA John Bray Award for Poetry Near the Jungle 1976 short story 1976 runner up University of Sydney Union Short Story Competition Koki Market 1976 winner University of Sydney Union Poetry CompetitionBook and Chapbook Publications EditThe Gods Ash Their Cigarettes St Lucia Qld Makar Press 1978 To the Heart of the World s Electricity Broadway NSW Senor Press 1980 Atomic Ballet Sydney Hale amp Iremonger 1991 Dingo Sky Sydney Angus amp Robertson 1993 West of Krakatoa Poems Ainslie ACT Limestone Press 1994 Trans Sumatran Highway and other poems Cook ACT Polonius Press 1995 Postcards from the Universe Cambridge UK Folio Salt 1998 Dragon Rising Poems Hanoi Viet Nam The Gioi Publishers 1998 Shimmerings Poems Wollongong NSW Five Islands Press 2000 Goddess of Mercy Poems Blackheath NSW Brandl amp Schlesinger 2002 Earthly Delights Canberra Pandanus Books 2006 Island Earth New and selected poems Blackheath NSW Brandl amp Schlesinger 2012 Don Juan Variations Sydney Vagabond Press Rare Object Series 2012 Yonder Blue Wild Macao PRC flying island books 2018 A Happening in Hades Waratah NSW Puncher amp Wattmann 2020 Love s Philosophy Sydney NSW Gazebo Books Life Before Man 2020Anthologies EditPoems included in Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry ed Les Murray Melbourne Collins Dove 1986 The Penguin Book of Modern Australian Poetry ed John Tranter amp Philip Mead Melbourne Penguin 1991 Oxford Book of Modern Australian Verse ed Peter Porter Oxford University Press 1996 Family Ties poems of the Australian Family ed Jennifer Strauss Oxford University Press 1998 Landbridge Contemporary Australian Poetry ed John Kinsella Fremantle Arts Centre Press 1999 Open Boat Barbed Wire Sky Poems for the Refugees ed Sue Hicks and Danny Gardner Live Poets Press Sydney 2003 The Best Australian Poems 2003 ed Peter Craven Black Ink Melbourne 2003 The Best Australian Poems 2004 ed Les Murray Black Ink Melbourne 2003 Windchimes Asia in Australian Poetry ed Noel Rowe and Vivian Smith Pandanus Canberra 2006 Best Australian Poems 2007 ed Peter Rose Black Inc Melbourne 2007 Best Australian Poetry 2007 ed John Tranter UQP St Lucia 2007 Che Guevara in Verse ed Gavin O Toole and Georgina Jimanez Aflame Books Wiltshire 2007 Over There Poems from Singapore and Australia ed John Kinsella and Alvin Pang Penguin Anthology of Australian Poetry ed John Kinsella Penguin 2008 The Perfume River An Anthology of Writing from Vietnam ed Catherine Cole UWA Publishing 2010 The Best Australian Poems 2012 ed John Tranter Black Ink Melbourne 2012 The Turnrow Anthology Of Contemporary Australian Poetry ed John Kinsella Jack Heflin and William Ryan Desperation Press Tunrow Books USA 2013 The Best Australian Poems 2014 ed Geoff Page Black Ink Melbourne 2014 The House is Not Quiet and The World is Not Calm poetry from Canberra ed Kit Kelen and Geoff Page Association of Stories Macao 2014 Contemporary Australian Poetry ed Martin Langford Judith Beveridge Judy Johnson David Musgrave Puncher amp Wattmann Sydney 2016 Literary publications EditPoems short stories and book reviews have appeared in Australian and overseas magazines including The Melbourne Age Agenda UK The American Pen US Antipodes US ANU Reporter Aspect The Australian Australian Book Review Block The Bulletin Chili Verde Review US Canberra Times Cimarron Review US Compass Cordite Diwan Bosnia and Herzegovina Eclectica Editions Education Etchings Final Taxi Review fieralingue foam e Fulcrum Heat Hobo Honi Soit Imago Iron UK Island JAAM NZ Jack US Jacket Journal of Poetics Research The Literary Review US The Longneck US Madame Bull s Tavern Canada Magic Sam Masthead Meanjin Metre Ireland Meuse Muse Narcissus Nation Review Newcastle Herald New Poetry Nguoi HaNoi Hanoi People Vietnam Nimrod International journal of poetry and prose US Otis Rush Outrider Overland The Pen UK Poetry Australia Poetry Canada Poetry Kanto Japan Poetry Review UK poetryX Poets Choice 76 77 78 79 Polar Bear Prague Literary Review Czech Prism International Canada P 76 The Reader Salt Melbourne Sunday Herald Scripsi Siglo Slow Dancer UK South Dakota Review US Southerly Stand UK Surfers Paradise Sydney Morning Herald Taj Mahal Review India Tien Ve Thylazine Timber Creek Review US Union Recorder Verse US Vietnam Cultural Window Vietnam Voices Your Friendly Fascist Poems have also been broadcast by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on the Poet s Tongue a First Hearing and Poetica Other broadcasts on 5UV Writers Radio 2JJ 2SER FM 2CN Canberra Artsound References EditS K Kelen 1956 Australian Poetry Library 425 poems S K Kelen at AustLit University of Queensland Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title S K Kelen amp oldid 1085058052, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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