Stephen Estaban Kelen OAM was a Hungarian-Australian sportsman, journalist, author, and playwright.
10 Facts About Stephen Kelen
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Stephen Kelen won seven gold medals at the World Table Tennis Championships in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Stephen Kelen studied philosophy at the Charles University in Prague, and later obtained a diploma from the British Association of Industrial Editors.
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Stephen Kelen wrote professionally from the age of 17 and became fluent in Hungarian, Czech and English.
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Between 1929 and 1936, Kelen won 15 medals in singles, doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships.
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Stephen Kelen was a feature writer for the British Commonwealth Occupation Newspaper.
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Back in Australia, Stephen Kelen worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation as an author and journalist, writing documentaries and features.
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Stephen Kelen later worked for Goodyear as a managing editor.
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Stephen Kelen was president of the Sydney branch of PEN International, and a life member of the Australian Journalists Association.
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Stephen Kelen won awards for short stories and plays that he authored.