Arleen Paré | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation | poet |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s-present |
Notable works | Paper Trail, Lake of Two Mountains |
Arleen Lyda Paré (born 1946) [1] is a Canadian writer. She has published three collections of poetry and two novels to date.
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, [2] Paré was educated in social work and adult education, and worked in social services in Vancouver, British Columbia for much of her professional career. [3] She later left her social services job to study creative writing at the University of Victoria. [4]
Her first book, Paper Trail, was published in 2007. A blend of poetry and prose about a businesswoman finding herself stifled by the weight of corporate bureaucracy, [3] the book was a shortlisted nominee for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2008, [5] and won that year's City of Victoria Butler Book Award. [6] She followed up with the novel Leaving Now in 2012. [7]
Her 2014 poetry collection Lake of Two Mountains won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards. [8]
A lesbian, [9] she once served on the board of Plenitude magazine.
Arleen Paré | |
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Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
Occupation | poet |
Nationality | Canadian |
Period | 2000s-present |
Notable works | Paper Trail, Lake of Two Mountains |
Arleen Lyda Paré (born 1946) [1] is a Canadian writer. She has published three collections of poetry and two novels to date.
Originally from Montreal, Quebec, [2] Paré was educated in social work and adult education, and worked in social services in Vancouver, British Columbia for much of her professional career. [3] She later left her social services job to study creative writing at the University of Victoria. [4]
Her first book, Paper Trail, was published in 2007. A blend of poetry and prose about a businesswoman finding herself stifled by the weight of corporate bureaucracy, [3] the book was a shortlisted nominee for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize in 2008, [5] and won that year's City of Victoria Butler Book Award. [6] She followed up with the novel Leaving Now in 2012. [7]
Her 2014 poetry collection Lake of Two Mountains won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2014 Governor General's Awards. [8]
A lesbian, [9] she once served on the board of Plenitude magazine.