Alistair Campbell (poet)

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Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, ONZM, (born 25 June 1925) is a poet and novelist.

He was born on Rarotonga, but has resident for most of his life in New Zealand mainly around the Wellington region, and most recently in Pukerua Bay, Porirua.

His first wife was the poet Fleur Adcock from whom he was later divorced.

From 1976 till 1979 he was the President of the New Zealand branch of PEN-International.

[edit] External links

• Author entry from The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature

• Alistair Te Ariki Campbell and Maurice Gee pictured at the 2005 Going West literary festival, from LeafSalon

• Biography at the New Zealand Electronic Poetry Centre