Papers of Stephen K. Kelen
MSS 109
Collection Title
Papers of Stephen K. KelenCollection Identifier
MSS 109Inclusive date(s)
1983 to 2008Extent and Medium
Creator(s)
Category
Subject: Person(s)
Collection Description
Correspondence, drafts and published works, education and teaching papers, materials from Indonesia and Vietnam, financial records and posters relating to Stephen K Kelen's poetry, research and teaching
Administrative / Biographical history
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._K._Kelen
Australian poet and educator Stephen K Kelen was born in Sydney in 1956. He began writing poetry at a young age and won a Poetry Australia prize for young poets in 1973. After studying Philosophy and Literature at the University of Sydney, he moved to Canberra and worked as a Commonwealth public servant and as poetry editor at The Canberra Times. Other occupations included book reviewer, teacher, and literary fellow. As well as publishing his poems in books and anthologies, Kelen's works (also including short stories and book reviews) have appeared in Australian and overseas magazine and newspapers, and in 2007 Kelen's collection Earthly Delights was a joint winner of the Judith Wright Prize.
References:
Austlit : Stephen K. Kelen https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A23129 retrieved 11 August 2020
Australian Poetry Library : Kelen, S.K. https://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kelen-s-k retrieved 11 August 2020
Acquisition Details
Scope and Content
The papers of Stephen K Kelen comprise extensive correspondence with newspapers, libraries, universities, publishers, journals, and magazines, as well as personal communication. Other material includes publications, notebooks, drafts, education papers, and materials collected on Kelen's travel in Indonesia and Vietnam
System of arrangement
The numbering of the folders in this collection restarts at Box 6
Access Restrictions
Other
Access: Check with Curator
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.
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Existence and Location of Orginals
Related and Separated Materials
The papers of Stephen K Kelen's father, Stephen E Kelen, are also held by Special Collections, UNSW Canberra at MSS 049.
Disclaimer
This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed above. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy.