David Eggleton

David Eggleton (born 1952) is a New Zealand poet and prose writer.

Life
Eggleton is of mixed Rotuman, Tongan and European/Pakeha ancestry. He grew up in Auckland, New Zealand, and Fiji.

Eggleton writes extensively on New Zealand art and music, and is an acclaimed literary reviewer. He edits New Zealand’s pre-eminent literary journal, Landfall. He has won the New Zealand Reviewer of the Year title six times in the Montana New Zealand Book Awards.

Recognition
Eggleton’s awards include PEN Best First Book of Poetry and the Robert Burns Fellowship at the University of Oteago. He was London Time Out’s Street Entertainer of the Year in 1985. He is a six-time winner of the Reviewer of the Year title from the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, in 1991, 1997, 2001, 2003, 2007 and 2009.