P.K. Page

P.K. Page, a Life Member of the League of Canadian Poets, was born in England on November 23, 1916, and came to Canada in 1919. Educated in England, Calgary, and Winnipeg, and studied art in Brazil and New York. Under the name P.K. Irwin her paintings and drawings have been exhibited widely. As scriptwriter for the National Film Board, her script for the animated film, Teeth Are To Keep, won an award at Cannes.

Awards
Oscar Blumenthal Award for Poetry, 1944.
Governor General's Award for Poetry, 1954.
National Magazine Award, gold, 1985.
Canadian Authors' Association Literary Award, poetry, 1986.
Governor General's Award for Nonfiction, finalist, 1988.
Hubert Evans Prize, British Columbia Book Awards, 1988.
Banff Centre of Fine Arts National Award, 1989.
Subject of a NFB film "Still WatersÓ, 1991.
Subject of a two-part found feature "The White Glass" for CBC Ideas Subject of the special Issue of The Malahat Review, 1996.
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1977.
D.Litt., University of Victoria, 1985
L.L.D., University of Calgary, 1989.
D.Litt., University of Guelph, 1990.
L.L.D., Simon Fraser University, 1990.

Selected Publications
The Metal and the Flower. (McClelland & Stewart, 1954).
Poems Selected and New (19421973). (House of Anansi Press, 1974).
Evening Dance of the Grey Flies. (Oxford University Press, 1981).
The Glass Air. (Oxford University Press, 1985, 1991).
Brazilian Journal. (Lester & Orpen, Dennys, 1987).
Hologram: A Book of Glosas. (Brick Books, 1994).
The Hidden Room. Collected Poems in 2 vols. (Porcupine's Quill, 1998).

Selected Anthologies
The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry. (Norton, 1988).
The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women. (Norton, 1985).
20th Century Poetry and Poetics. (Oxford, 1996).

Books in Print
Page, P.K
A Flask of Sea Water (fairy story). Oxford University Press, 1989. $19.95 ISBN: 0-19-540704-0.
Brazilian Journal. Lester & Orpen, Dennys, 1987. $22.95 ISBN: 0-88619-166-1 (hb); $14.95 ISBN: 0-88619-180-7 (pb).
Evening Dance of the Grey Flies. Oxford University Press, 1981. $9.95 ISBN: 0-19-540381-9.
Hologram: A Book of Glosas. Brick Books, 1994. $11.95 ISBN: 0-919626-72-6.
The Glass Air. Oxford University Press, 1985, 1991. $17.95 ISBN: 0-19-540840-3.
The Goat that Flew. Beach Holme Publishers, 1993. $16.95 ISBN: 0-88878-334-5.
The Travelling Musicians (children's book). Kids Can Press, 1991. $11.95 ISBN: 1-55074-039-3.

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