P. K. Page has written some of the best poems published in Canada over the last five decades. In addition to winning the Governor General's award for poetry in 1957 she was appointed a Companion of the Order of Canada in 1999.
She is the author of more than a dozen books, including ten volumes of poetry, a novel, selected short stories, three books for children and a memoir entitled Brazilian Journal based on her extended stay in Brazil with her late husband Arthur Irwin who served as the Canadian Ambassador there from 1957 to 1959.