Arleen Lyda Paré (born 1946)[1] is a Canadian writer.
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.
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.
[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.