Author: Ron Pretty
Alternate names: Ronald Keith Pretty; Ronald Pretty
Born: 16 October 1940
Died: 30 June 2023
Bio: Ron Pretty was an Australian poet, editor, publisher and teacher. Pretty was instrumental in establishing the Poetry Australia Foundation, which led to the Australian Poetry Centre, one of two organisations which merged in 2011 to form *Australian Poetry*. (More on [Wikipedia][1]). He is the founder of [Five Islands Press][2]

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Pretty
[2]: https://www.fiveislandspress.com.au/from-the-archive/many-poetries