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The Filled Pen

Selected Non-Fiction of P. K. Page

The Filled Pen( )
Author: Page, P. K.
Editor: Pollock, Zailig
ISBN:978-0-8020-9108-6
Publication Date:Jan 2007
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $72.00
Book Description:

The essays, which cover a period of approximately forty years, reflect Page's enduring concerns as a verbal and visual artist with the power of art and the imagination to transcend the barriers that limit our perceptions of the world and our sympathies with our fellow human beings.

Book Details
Pages:144
Detailed Subjects: Literary Collections / Essays
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.655 x 8.697 x 0.585 Inches
Book Weight:1.465 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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