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Arleen Paré

Canadian writer (born 1946) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Arleen Lyda Paré (born 1946)[1] is a Canadian writer. She has published three collections of poetry and two novels to date.

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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.

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Works

  • Paper Trail (2007, ISBN 978-1897126134)
  • Leaving Now (2012, ISBN 978-1894759748)
  • Lake of Two Mountains (2014, ISBN 978-1926829876)
  • He Leaves His Face in the Funeral Car (2015, ISBN 978-1927575925)
  • The Girls with Stone Faces (2017, ISBN 978-1771314640)
  • Earle Street (2020, ISBN 978-1772012507)
  • First (2021, ISBN 978-1771315425)
  • Time Out of Time (2022, ISBN 978-1773860794)
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