For the Scottish cricketer, see David Ballantyne (cricketer).
David Ballantyne
Born
(1924-06-14)14 June 1924
Auckland
Died
24 February 1986(1986-02-24) (aged 61)
Other names
David Watt Ballantyne
Occupation
Journalist
David Watt Ballantyne (14 June 1924 – 24 February 1986) was a New Zealand journalist, novelist and short story writer.
Ballantyne was born in Auckland, New Zealand on 14 June 1924.[1] He was Māori affiliated to the iwi Ngāti Uenukukōpako and Ngāti Hinepare of Te Arawa.[2]
After a brief episode in the military and after not completing his medical studies, he began his career as a journalist at the Auckland Star. In 1948, he published his first novel, The Cunninghams in the United States. He finished Freeman’s Bay, a novel about Auckland working-class life, in 1950, but it was not accepted by either his American or his New Zealand publisher.[1]
Ballantyne married the painter Jean Vivienne Margaret Heise in 1950, with whom he had a son. In 1954 he moved with his family to London, where he continued working as a journalist and author. In 1966, the family returned to New Zealand.
Ballantyne died at his home in Ponsonby in inner-city Auckland in 1986.[1]
He published eight novels, of which the first The Cunninghams and the fifth, Sydney Bridge Upside Down are recognised as New Zealand literary classics.[citation needed]
Sydney Bridge Upside Down was adapted by director James Ashcroft into a stage-play for Taki Rua and presented at the Hannah Playhouse in 2013. [3]
^ abcMoisa, Christodoulos E.G. (2012). "Ballantyne, David Watt". Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 23 February 2016.
^"The strange case of the first Māori author". Newsroom. 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
^Bill, Guest (22 October 2014). "Sydney bridge upside down, 2013". Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand.
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