Rowbotham, David, 1924-

Poet and journalist. Born in Toowoomba, Rowbotham has lived most of his life in Queensland. Most of his journalistic career has been with the Brisbane Courier-Mail, where he is presently Arts Editor. He was Senior Tutor in English at the University of Queensland between 1965 and 1969. His published works include Ploughman and poet (poems) 1954, Town and city (stories) 1956, Inland (poems) 1958, The man in the jungle (novel) 1964, All the room (poems) 1964, Bungalow and hurricane (poems) 1967, The makers of the ark (poems) 1970, The pen of feathers (poems) 1971.

David Rowbotham was born in Toowoomba, Queensland, served in the RAAF in the Second World War, studied at the University of Sydney and The University of Queensland, worked as a journalist, broadcaster and academic and as literary and theatre critic for The Courier Mail from 1969-1979 and from 1980-1987 as its Literary Editor. He has published 8 collections of poetry and some short stories. Among awards received for poetry was the Xavier Society Award and Grace Leven Prize for Poetry in 1964.