Christopher Kelen
Professor Christopher (Kit) Kelen (born 17 December 1958 in Sydney) is an Australian academic, writer, and artist currently residing in Macao, China. He is the younger son of Hungarian-born writer Stephen Kelen and the younger brother of poet S. K. Kelen.
Christopher Kelen | |
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| Born | 17 December 1958 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Pen name | Kit Kelen |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney University of Western Sydney |
Professor Kelen is the author of fourteen volumes of poetry and two novels. He has been published widely since the mid-1970s and in 1988 won an ABA/ABC bicentennial award with his poem "Views from Pinchgut".[1]
In 1992, "The Naming of the Harbour and the Trees" won an Anne Elder Award.[2] Kelen was Writer-in-Residence for the Australia Council at the B. R. Whiting Library in Rome in 1996.[2]
Prof. Kelen currently teaches Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Macau.[3]
Prof. Kelen has published several book-length scholarly works about poetry, including Poetry, Consciousness and Community (2009), City of Poets (2009), and Anthem Quality (2014).
Bibliography
Poetry
- The Naming of the Harbour and the Trees (1992)
- Green Lizard Manifesto (1997)
- Möbius (1998)
- Republics (2000)
- New Territories (2003)
- Eight Days in Lhasa (2006)
- A Map of the Seasons (2006)
- Dredging the Delta (2007)
- After Meng Jiao (2008)
- China Years (2011)
- Pictures of Nothing at All (2014)
- Scavengers' Season (2014)
- As to the Ladders of Whichway (2015)
- A Pocket Kit (2) (2015)
- Poor Man's Coat (2018)
Novels
- Punk's Travels (1980)
- A Wager with the Gods (2006)
References
- Kelen, Christopher, AustLit: The Australian Literature Resource, 20 November 2007.
- TextJournal Oct. 98
- "Department of English - Prof. Christopher KELEN". University of Macau. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
