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'''Ron Pretty''' is an Australian poet, publisher and teacher. |
'''Ron Pretty''' is an Australian poet, publisher and teacher. |
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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<ref name="Five Islands Press">{{cite web|title=five islands press about page|url=http://fiveislandspress.com/about}}</ref> and mentored many Australian poets. He edited the magazines ''Scarp:New Arts and Writing'' and ''Blue Dog:Australian Poetry'' for a number of years.<ref name="Australian Poetry">{{cite web|title=Australian Poetry|url=http://www.australianpoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Metabolism-Australian-Poetry-Members-Anthology.pdf|work=Metabolism, members anthology| |
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<ref name="Five Islands Press">{{cite web|title=five islands press about page|url=http://fiveislandspress.com/about}}</ref> and mentored many Australian poets. He edited the magazines ''Scarp:New Arts and Writing'' and ''Blue Dog:Australian Poetry'' for a number of years.<ref name="Australian Poetry">{{cite web|title=Australian Poetry|url=http://www.australianpoetry.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Metabolism-Australian-Poetry-Members-Anthology.pdf|work=Metabolism, members anthology|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> |
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Ron Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation.<ref name=AusLit /> He was awarded the [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|NSW Premier's Award]] for Poetry and was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] for services to Australian literature in 2002.<ref name=AusLit>{{cite web|title=Ron Pretty's AusLit page|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6444}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1040544|title=Associate Professor Ronald Keith Pretty|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> |
Ron Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation.<ref name=AusLit /> He was awarded the [[New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards|NSW Premier's Award]] for Poetry and was made a Member of the [[Order of Australia]] for services to Australian literature in 2002.<ref name=AusLit>{{cite web|title=Ron Pretty's AusLit page|url=http://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A6444}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://honours.pmc.gov.au/honours/awards/1040544|title=Associate Professor Ronald Keith Pretty|website=honours.pmc.gov.au|access-date=2019-03-24}}</ref> |
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===Poetry=== |
===Poetry=== |
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====Collections==== |
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*{{cite book |author=Pretty, Ron |title=The habit of balance |publisher=Five Islands Press |year=1988 <!--isbn=-->}} |
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*''Bald Hill with Gliders.'' Five Islands Press 1991 |
*''Bald Hill with Gliders.'' Five Islands Press 1991 |
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*''Halfway to Eden. ''Hale & Ironmonger 1996 |
*''Halfway to Eden. ''Hale & Ironmonger 1996 |
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==Reviews== |
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Reviews for Ron Pretty's most recent book ''What the Afternoon Knows'' <ref name=Google>{{cite web|title=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx7lmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|work=What the Afternoon Knows| |
Reviews for Ron Pretty's most recent book ''What the Afternoon Knows'' <ref name=Google>{{cite web|title=Google Books|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx7lmgEACAAJ&redir_esc=y|work=What the Afternoon Knows|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> include: |
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* John Upton in [[Cordite Poetry Review]] 'He’s on top of his craft, shrewdly observant, witty, practical rather than flashy, never tired.' <ref name="Cordite Poetry Review">{{cite web|last=Upton|first=John|title=Cordite Poetry Review|url=http://cordite.org.au/reviews/upton-pretty/|work=Review Short| |
* John Upton in [[Cordite Poetry Review]] 'He’s on top of his craft, shrewdly observant, witty, practical rather than flashy, never tired.' <ref name="Cordite Poetry Review">{{cite web|last=Upton|first=John|title=Cordite Poetry Review|url=http://cordite.org.au/reviews/upton-pretty/|work=Review Short|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Les Wicks]] in the Rochford Street Review 'there is a deep humanity in his observations and as you would expect, the deft hand of a master craftsman.' <ref name="Rochford Street Review">{{cite web|last=Wicks|first=Les|title=Rochford Street Review|url=http://rochfordstreetreview.com/2013/08/22/so-honest-so-textured-so-real-les-wicks-launches-what-the-afternoon-knows-by-ron-pretty/|work=So Honest, So Textured, So Real| |
* [[Les Wicks]] in the Rochford Street Review 'there is a deep humanity in his observations and as you would expect, the deft hand of a master craftsman.' <ref name="Rochford Street Review">{{cite web|last=Wicks|first=Les|title=Rochford Street Review|url=http://rochfordstreetreview.com/2013/08/22/so-honest-so-textured-so-real-les-wicks-launches-what-the-afternoon-knows-by-ron-pretty/|work=So Honest, So Textured, So Real|access-date=16 September 2013}}</ref> |
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* [[Geoff Page]] in the [[Canberra Times]] 'it’s refreshing to read a collection where the poems are direct and emotionally engaged, while still possessing the linguistic and intellectual subtlety we rightly demand of poetry.' <ref name="Canberra Times 24 August 2013">{{cite web|last=Page|first=Geoff|title=Canberra Times|url=http://pittstreetpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/130825-geoff-page-canberra-times.pdf|work=A Pretty view of life and time| |
* [[Geoff Page]] in the [[Canberra Times]] 'it’s refreshing to read a collection where the poems are direct and emotionally engaged, while still possessing the linguistic and intellectual subtlety we rightly demand of poetry.' <ref name="Canberra Times 24 August 2013">{{cite web|last=Page|first=Geoff|title=Canberra Times|url=http://pittstreetpoetry.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/130825-geoff-page-canberra-times.pdf|work=A Pretty view of life and time|access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:45, 16 December 2020
Ron Pretty AM | |
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Born | 1940 |
Occupation(s) | Teacher, Poet |
Known for | 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[1] and mentored many Australian poets. He edited the magazines Scarp:New Arts and Writing and Blue Dog:Australian Poetry for a number of years.[2]
Ron Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation.[3] 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 in 2002.[3][4]
Bibliography
Poetry
Collections
- Pretty, Ron (1988). The habit of balance. Five Islands Press.
- Bald Hill with Gliders. Five Islands Press 1991
- Halfway to Eden. Hale & Ironmonger 1996
- Of the Stone: New and Selected Poems. Five Islands Press 2000
- Where the Heart Is. Picaro Press 2009
- Postcards from the Centre. Profile Poetry 2010
- Grace Notes and other poems. PIcaro Press 2012
- What the Afternoon Knows. Pitt Street Poetry 2013
As editor
- Outlook: an anthology of poems for senior students. Longman Cheshire 1992
- Anthology of the Illawarra. Five Islands Press 1994
- Cry Out! An anthology of street poetry (with Ann Davis). Five Islands Press 1996
- The Argument from Desire: the 1999 Newcastle Prize Anthology. Five Islands Press 1999
- Blue Like Tea: an anthology of poems from the Wollongong workshop. Five Islands Press 2000
- Wild About the Roof. Wollongong Poetry Workshop 2001
- Poems for all Occasions. Five Islands Press 2002
- Two Spaces of Poetry: poems from Australia & West Bengal 2006
- The Road South: an anthology of contemporary Australian poetry. Kolkata: Bengal Creations 2007
List of poems
Title | Year | First published | Reprinted/collected |
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What the house knows | 2014 | Pretty, Ron (Autumn 2014). "What the house knows". Meanjin. 73 (1): 141. |
Non-fiction
- Creating Poetry. Five Islands Press 1987, 2001
- Nicole: another chance at life. (with Kaye Bowden). Five Islands Press 1993
- Practical Poetics. Five Islands Press 2003
Reviews
Reviews for Ron Pretty's most recent book What the Afternoon Knows [5] include:
- John Upton in Cordite Poetry Review 'He’s on top of his craft, shrewdly observant, witty, practical rather than flashy, never tired.' [6]
- Les Wicks in the Rochford Street Review 'there is a deep humanity in his observations and as you would expect, the deft hand of a master craftsman.' [7]
- Geoff Page in the Canberra Times 'it’s refreshing to read a collection where the poems are direct and emotionally engaged, while still possessing the linguistic and intellectual subtlety we rightly demand of poetry.' [8]
- ^ "five islands press about page".
- ^ "Australian Poetry" (PDF). Metabolism, members anthology. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ a b "Ron Pretty's AusLit page".
- ^ "Associate Professor Ronald Keith Pretty". honours.pmc.gov.au. Retrieved 2019-03-24.
- ^ "Google Books". What the Afternoon Knows. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Upton, John. "Cordite Poetry Review". Review Short. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Wicks, Les. "Rochford Street Review". So Honest, So Textured, So Real. Retrieved 16 September 2013.
- ^ Page, Geoff. "Canberra Times" (PDF). A Pretty view of life and time. Retrieved 17 September 2013.