Walter D'Arcy Cresswell Biography | Poet

Walter D'Arcy Cresswell (22 January 1896–21 February 1960) was a New Zealand poet, journalist and writer. He was born in Christchurch, Northern Canterbury, New Zealand on 22 January 1896. As an out gay man, Cresswell blackmailed Charles Evan Mackay, then mayor of Wanganui.