Penn Kemp
Poet, performer and playwright Penn Kemp has long been a keen participant/activist in Canada’s cultural life, with more than thirty books of poetry, prose and drama; seven plays and ten CDs produced as well as award-winning videopoems. The League of Canadian Poets has honored her with the Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award (2025), She has been writer-in-residence at universities throughout India and Brazil with her work translated into many languages. Her “poem for peace in many voices”, for instance, is out in 136 languages, New collections include LIVES OF DEAD POETS and ORDINARY / MOVING. She has been writing and producing plays since 1976. See www.pennkemp.weebly.com.with updates, www.pennkemp.wordpress.com.
