P. K. Page (1916–2010)
Author of Poetry of mid-Century 1940-1960
About the Author
P. K. Page 1916-2010 P. K. (Patricia Kathleen) Page was born in Dorset, England on November 23, 1916 and moved to Canada in 1919. She was a founder of the magazine, "Preview" and a scripwriter for the National Film Board. Her work "the Metal and the Flower," won her the Governor General's Award. show more She has also won the Oscar Blumenthal Award for Poetry, the National Magazine Award, the Canadian Authors' Association Literary Award and the Hubert Evans Prize for "Brazilian Journal." In addition, she was the recipient of the Banff Centre of Fine Arts National Award in 1989 and she is a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets. Although most known for her writing, Page is also an artist. She exhibits her paintings under the name P. K. Irwin (as she is the wife of diplomat Arthur Irwin). Her works are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario. She died on January 14, 2010 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by P. K. Page
The golden lilies : eight new glosas 2 copies
Birthday {short story} 1 copy
Associated Works
Another English: Anglophone Poems from Around the World (Poets in the World) (2014) — Contributor — 10 copies
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- Canonical name
- Page, P. K.
- Legal name
- Page, Patricia Kathleen
- Other names
- Irwin, P.K.
- Birthdate
- 1916-11-23
- Date of death
- 2010-1-14
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Canada
- Places of residence
- Swanage, Dorset, England, UK
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Australia
Mexico (show all 10)
Brazil
Guatemala
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada - Occupations
- poet
scriptwriter, National Film Board of Canada
visual artist - Relationships
- Irwin, William Arthur (husband)
- Awards and honors
- Order of Canada ( [1977, 1998])
Order of British Columbia
Royal Society of Canada (Fellow, 2006)
Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry (1954)
National Magazine Award
British Columbia Book Award (show all 8)
British Columbia Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence (2004)
Honorary Doctorate (University of Victoria ∙ 1985 ∙ 1989 ∙ 1990 ∙ 1990 ∙ 1998) - Short biography
- Patricia Kathleen Page, CC, OBC, FRSC (November 23, 1916 — January 14, 2010), commonly known as P. K. Page, was a Canadian poet. She was born in Swanage, Dorset, England and moved with her family to Canada in 1919. She spent the last years of her life in Victoria, British Columbia. P.K. Page was an author of many published books of poetry. Her poems were translated into other languages. By a special resolution of United Nations, in 2001 her poem Planet Earth was read simultaneously in New York, Antarctic and South Pacific to celebrate the International Year of Dialogue Between Civilizations.
In 1977 she was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1998. In 2006, she was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[3] She held honorary degrees honoris causa from: University of Victoria (1985); University of Calgary (1989); University of Guelph (1990); Simon Fraser University (1990) and University of Toronto (1998).
She was also known as a visual artist, having exhibited her work at a number of venues in and out of Canada. Her works are in permanent collections of National Gallery of Canada and Art Gallery of Ontario.
The National Film Board of Canada dedicated her a full documentary program in 1991, Still Waters.
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Statistics
- Works
- 42
- Also by
- 8
- Members
- 341
- Popularity
- #69,903
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 4
- ISBNs
- 56
- Languages
- 1
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