P. K. Page
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| Born | Patricia Kathleen Page November 23, 1916 Swanage, Dorset, England |
| Died | January 14, 2010 (aged 93) Oak Bay, British Columbia |
| Pen name | Judith Cape, P.K. Irwin (as a painter) |
| Language | English |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Notable works | The Metal and the Flower |
| Notable awards | Governor General's Award, Order of Canada, FRSC |
| Spouse | William Arthur Irwin (1898–1999) |
| Children | Patricia Morley, Sheila Irving, Neal Irwin |
| Relatives | Michael Page (brother, b. 1923) |
Patricia Kathleen "P. K." Page, CC OBC FRSC (November 23, 1916 – January 14, 2010) was best known as a Canadian poet, though the citation as she was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada reads "poet, novelist, script writer, playwright, essayist, journalist, librettist, teacher and artist." She was the author of more than thirty published books that include poetry, fiction, travel diaries, essays, children's books, and an autobiography.
As a visual artist, she exhibited her work as P.K. Irwin at a number of venues in Canada and abroad. Her works are in the permanent collections of the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of Ontario.
By special resolution of the United Nations, in 2001 Page's poem "Planet Earth" was read simultaneously in New York, the Antarctic, and the South Pacific to celebrate the International Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations.
P.K. Page was born in Swanage, Dorset, England, and moved with her family to Canada in 1919. Page's parents moved her to Red Deer, Alberta in 1919, when she was only 3, and later to Calgary and Winnipeg. Page said her parents were creative, encouraging non-conformists who loved the arts, recited poetry and read to her. She credited her early interest in poetry to the rhythms she unconsciously imbibed as a child. A year in England when she was 17 opened her eyes to galleries, ballets and concerts.
Page "later moved to Saint John, New Brunswick, where she worked as a shop assistant and radio actress during the late 1930s."
In 1941 Page moved to Montreal and came into contact with the Montreal Group of poets, which included A. M. Klein and F. R. Scott.
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