Beatrice Redpath

• Name — Beatrice Redpath • Birth Name — Beatrice Constance Peterson • Born — 19 June 1886 • Birthplace — Montreal, Canada • Died — 11 February 1937 • Place of death — Montreal • Resting Place — Mount Royal Cemetery, Montreal • Occupation — writer • Language — English • Genre — * poetry • short stories • Children — J. P. Redpath

Beatrice Constance Peterson was born in Montreal, June 19, 1886. Her father was Peter Alexander Peterson, Chief Engineer of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Her mother's maiden surname was Langlois. Beatrice had an older brother and an older sister. Both parents were native Canadians. Peterson was educated in private schools in her native city, until she was seventeen years old, when she moved to Goderich, Ontario, and lived there for five years.

She began seriously to write in 1905. In 1910, she married William Redpath (d. 1936), then of Montreal, and for some years, they lived in Toronto. They had one son, J. P. Redpath. In 1913, Redpath and other young Canadian poets and prose writers may be regarded as having begun the Second Renaissance in Canadian literature. They inaugurated, as it were, a Restoration Period in Canadian literature, with some changes in ideals of form and craftsmanship. In 1915, her first book, Drawn Shutters, was published in London by John Lane. The same publisher brought out her second book, White Lilac, in 1921. Her poems include, "Earth Love", "To One Lying Dead", "Rebellion", "The Daughter of Jairus", and "My Thoughts". Redpath's main area of writing was the short story, and in it, she achieved much success. In 1923, she won the I.O.D.E. prize of $200 for the best Canadian short story. For many years, she contributed her stories to periodicals in Canada, England, and the U.S.

Earlier in her life, Redpath resided at St. Hilaire and at Toronto. She died at her home in Montreal, 11 February 1937. Interment was at Mount Royal Cemetery.

• Drawn Shutters, 1914 • White Lilac, 1921