Background
He is the younger son of Hungarian-born Australian soldier, author, playwright and journalist Stephen (Istvan) Kelen OAM (1912-2003) and the younger brother of Australian poet Stephen K. Kelen (b 1956).
He is the younger son of Hungarian-born Australian soldier, author, playwright and journalist Stephen (Istvan) Kelen OAM (1912-2003) and the younger brother of Australian poet Stephen K. Kelen (b 1956).
University of Sydney.
Professor Kelen is the author of fourteen volumes of poetry and two novels. Kelen was Writer-in-Residence for the Australia Council at the B. R. Whiting Library in Rome in 1996. Professor Kelen currently teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Macau.
Professor
Kelen has published several book-length scholarly works about poetry, including "Poetry, Consciousness and Community" (2009), "City of Poets" (2009) and "Anthem Quality" (2014).