Occupation Teacher, Poet Name Ron Pretty | Role Poet | |
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Books What the Afternoon Knows, Creating Poetry |
Ron Pretty is an Australian poet, publisher and teacher.
He has taught writing in the University of Wollongong and Melbourne University as well as in schools, colleges and a broad variety of community organisations. For a twenty year period he ran Five Islands Press publishing some 230 books of poetry and mentored many Australian poets. He edited the magazines Scarp:New Arts and Writing and Blue Dog:Australian Poetry for a number of years.
Ron Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation. He was awarded the NSW Premier's Award for Poetry and was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to Australian literature.
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Reviews for Ron Pretty's most recent book What the Afternoon Knows include:
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