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For my Isu Glog I chose P.K. page who wrote Planet Earth. I chose her because she writes lots of diffrent poetry regarding the beauty of the earth. I find this kind of work very relevent in todays society.
P.K. Page
She was born in Swanage in Dorset, England, in 1916. She then went on to move to Canada with her family. Since then she has gone to write over 20 books and then she became intenationally kown in 2001. In 2001 her poem Planet Earth was used by the UN as a center pieace for the Dialogue Among Civilizations Through Poetry world wide event. in the years she has won many awards which include but are not limited to are: six honorary doctorates; Officer of the Order of Canada, 1977; Companion of the Order of Canada, 1999; and the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, 2002. Earlier this year (2010) she died at the age of 93.
This is one of her more famous books Planet Earth.
Her is P.K. Page wearing some of the meddals she has won.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2010/01/14/obit-page-pk.html http://www.pkpage.ca/other.html http://www2.athabascau.ca/cll/writers/english/writers/pkpage/pkpage.php
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