Beatrice Redpath (1886-1937) in Canadian Poets, 1916. Courtesy A Celebration of Women Writers.
| Beatrice Redpath | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Beatrice Constance Peterson Redpath January 19, 1886 Montreal, Quebec |
| Died | February 11, 1937 (aged 51) |
| Nationality |
 Canadian |
| Citizenship | British subject |
| Genres | poetry |
| Notable work(s) | Drawn Shutters, 1914 |
| Spouse(s) | William Redpath |
Beatrice Constance Peterson Redpath (January 19, 1886 - February 11, 1937) was a Canadian poet and story writer.[1]
Life[]
Redpath was born Beatrice Constance Peterson in Montreal, Quebec. Her father, Alexander Peterson, was Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway. She was educated in private schools in Montreal. At 17 she moved to Goderich, Ontario, where she lived for five years.[2]
She married sugar manufacturer William Redpath of Montreal in 1910. The couple had a son, John Peter, born February 2, 1911.[1]
Writing[]
T.P.'s Weekly: "Beatrice Redpath in Drawn Shutters can be commonplace in the noble contemplation of essential life: a virtue in poetry. She comes down at times to the minor level of 'The Dancer'. But 'To One Lying Dead' is a poem of true loveliness, elegiac without dullness, eloquent without gush.... Beatrice Redpath feels the passions of rebellion and indignation. But to her they imply more than mere dissatisfaction and chafing. Indeed, one might make the quality of those passions the supreme test of character, certainly of poetic power.... There is evidence in the volume of life lived at first hand, of the discipline of actuality that forces people either to a calm, strong normality, or to hectic agony, and disquietness of spirit. And it is because the poet soul rises to the reality of experience that her poems will not depress. Of her brief songs it may be said that they come like sunshine amid clouds, themselves noble and impressive."[2]
Recognition[]
Redpath won the IODE short story prize in 1922.[1]
Publications[]
- Drawn Shutters. London & New York: John Lane, 1914; Toronto: S.B. Gundy, 1914.
- White Lilac. London & New York: John Lane, 1922; Toronto: S.B. Gundy, 1922.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Redpath, Beatrice Constance Peterson, Canada's Early Women Writers, Simon Fraser University. Web, Jan. 24, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Garvin, "Beatrice Redpath," Canadian Poets (Toronto: McClelland, Goodchild, and Stewart, 1916), Digital Library, University of Pennsylvania, UPenn.edu, Web, Feb. 18, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au:Beatrice Redpath, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 23, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Impressions" (4 poems)
- Beatrice Redpath in Canadian Poets: 5 poems
- Books
- Beatrice Redpath at the Online Books Page.
- Redpath, Beatrice at Internet Archive
- Beatrice Redpath at Amazon.com
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