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Kaleidoscope

Selected Poems

Kaleidoscope( )
Author: Page, P. K.
ISBN:978-0-88984-331-8
Publication Date:Oct 2010
Publisher:Porcupine's Quill, Incorporated
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $24.95
Book Description:

The name P. K. Page is synonymous with `artist': she won the Governor General's award for poetry in 1957, was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1999, and her paintings are found in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario, among others. Her voice is luminous, her focus grounded in reality, and her mastery of poetic form is nigh unmatched in Canadian literature.

Selected by Zailig Pollock, the poetry in...
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Book Details
Pages:256
Detailed Subjects: Poetry / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.5 x 8.6 x 0.7 Inches
Book Weight:1.012 Pounds
Author Biography
Page, P. K. (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. 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

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