Kenneth Ivo Brownley Langwell Mackenzie (25 September 1913 – 19 January 1955) was an Australian poet and novelist.
[3] His novel Dead Men Rising was about the Cowra breakout of which he had first hand experience, having been stationed there at the time of the event.
[4] His life in Sydney included involvement with the world of Norman Lindsay and Hugh McCrae and archival records show significant influence from them.
[7] In his later years he was separated from his wife who had moved into Sydney, while he lived in limited conditions in Kurrajong.
[8][9] Mackenzie drowned on 17 January 1955 in Tallong Creek near Goulburn, New South Wales, aged 41.