David Bentley (journalist)

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David Bentley is an Australian journalist and musician. [1] [2]

Bentley is known for writing the 1969 hit "In a Broken Dream" for his band Python Lee Jackson, in which he was a keyboard player and singer. [1] [2] "In a Broken Dream", featuring Rod Stewart, peaked at #3 on the UK singles chart. [1]

As a freelance journalist, Bentley has worked as a foreign correspondent, travel writer, food critic, columnist and feature writer. [1]

In 1995, Bentley was awarded the Gold Walkley for exposing a literary hoax for The Courier Mail , involving Miles Franklin Award winner Helen Demidenko, author of The Hand That Signed the Paper , who had falsely claimed Ukrainian ancestry. [3] [4] [5]

The controversy has since been widely discussed, with Bentley credited with uncovering one of Australia's most intriguing literary hoaxes. [6] [7] [8] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 About David Bentley, David Bentley Music. Accessed 16 April 2019.
  2. 1 2 Carter, Ashley (16 September 2016) Always with a jazz bent, The Sunshine Coast Daily . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. ↑ (1 December 1995) Qld journalist wins Gold Walkley, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. ↑ Hefner, Robert (21 August 1995) Top author's identity in doubt, The Canberra Times . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. ↑ Darville, Helen (26 August 1995) I sincerely regret any distress, The Canberra Times. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Robson, Frank (27 September 2014) The greatest Australian scandals of the past 30 years: Helen Demidenko/Darville/Dale, The Illawarra Mercury . Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. ↑ Nolan, Maggie; Dawson, Carrie (2004) Who's Who?: Hoaxes, Imposture and Identity Crises in Australian Literature, University of Queensland Press. ISBN   0702235237
  8. ↑ Meyer, Therese-Marie (2006), Where Fiction Ends: Four Scandals of Literary Identity Construction, Konigshausen & Neumann. ISBN   3826031644
  9. ↑ Mitchell, Chris (2016), Making Headline, Melbourne University Press. ISBN   0522870716
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