diff --git a/examples/parquet_write_parallel/src/main.rs b/examples/parquet_write_parallel/src/main.rs
index 56230b4a4bb..b928a1428c5 100644
--- a/examples/parquet_write_parallel/src/main.rs
+++ b/examples/parquet_write_parallel/src/main.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ use arrow2::{
     chunk::Chunk as AChunk,
     datatypes::*,
     error::{Error, Result},
-    io::parquet::write::*,
+    io::parquet::{read::ParquetError, write::*},
 };
 
 type Chunk = AChunk<Arc<dyn Array>>;
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl FallibleStreamingIterator for Bla {
     }
 }
 
-fn parallel_write(path: &str, schema: &Schema, batches: &[Chunk]) -> Result<()> {
+fn parallel_write(path: &str, schema: Schema, batches: &[Chunk]) -> Result<()> {
     // declare the options
     let options = WriteOptions {
         write_statistics: true,
@@ -50,9 +50,8 @@ fn parallel_write(path: &str, schema: &Schema, batches: &[Chunk]) -> Result<()>
         version: Version::V2,
     };
 
-    // declare encodings
-    let encodings = schema.fields().par_iter().map(|field| {
-        match field.data_type().to_physical_type() {
+    let encoding_map = |data_type: &DataType| {
+        match data_type.to_physical_type() {
             // let's be fancy and use delta-encoding for binary fields
             PhysicalType::Binary
             | PhysicalType::LargeBinary
@@ -61,25 +60,41 @@ fn parallel_write(path: &str, schema: &Schema, batches: &[Chunk]) -> Result<()>
             // remaining is plain
             _ => Encoding::Plain,
         }
-    });
+    };
+
+    // declare encodings
+    let encodings = (&schema.fields)
+        .par_iter()
+        .map(|f| transverse(&f.data_type, encoding_map))
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     // derive the parquet schema (physical types) from arrow's schema.
-    let parquet_schema = to_parquet_schema(schema)?;
+    let parquet_schema = to_parquet_schema(&schema)?;
 
-    let a = parquet_schema.clone();
     let row_groups = batches.iter().map(|batch| {
         // write batch to pages; parallelized by rayon
         let columns = batch
             .columns()
             .par_iter()
-            .zip(a.columns().to_vec().into_par_iter())
+            .zip(parquet_schema.fields().to_vec())
             .zip(encodings.clone())
-            .map(|((array, descriptor), encoding)| {
-                // create encoded and compressed pages this column
-                let encoded_pages = array_to_pages(array.as_ref(), descriptor, options, encoding)?;
-                encoded_pages
-                    .map(|page| compress(page?, vec![], options.compression).map_err(|x| x.into()))
-                    .collect::<Result<VecDeque<_>>>()
+            .flat_map(move |((array, type_), encoding)| {
+                let encoded_columns = array_to_columns(array, type_, options, encoding).unwrap();
+                encoded_columns
+                    .into_iter()
+                    .map(|encoded_pages| {
+                        let encoded_pages = DynIter::new(
+                            encoded_pages
+                                .into_iter()
+                                .map(|x| x.map_err(|e| ParquetError::General(e.to_string()))),
+                        );
+                        encoded_pages
+                            .map(|page| {
+                                compress(page?, vec![], options.compression).map_err(|x| x.into())
+                            })
+                            .collect::<Result<VecDeque<_>>>()
+                    })
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>()
             })
             .collect::<Result<Vec<VecDeque<CompressedPage>>>>()?;
 
@@ -88,7 +103,7 @@ fn parallel_write(path: &str, schema: &Schema, batches: &[Chunk]) -> Result<()>
                 .into_iter()
                 .map(|column| Ok(DynStreamingIterator::new(Bla::new(column)))),
         );
-        Ok(row_group)
+        Result::Ok(row_group)
     });
 
     // Create a new empty file
@@ -135,5 +150,5 @@ fn main() -> Result<()> {
     };
     let batch = create_batch(5_000_000)?;
 
-    parallel_write("example.parquet", &schema, &[batch.clone(), batch])
+    parallel_write("example.parquet", schema, &[batch.clone(), batch])
 }
diff --git a/src/io/parquet/write/pages.rs b/src/io/parquet/write/pages.rs
index 95c8057a459..e666c8df05f 100644
--- a/src/io/parquet/write/pages.rs
+++ b/src/io/parquet/write/pages.rs
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ fn to_parquet_leafs_recursive(type_: ParquetType, leafs: &mut Vec<ParquetPrimiti
 }
 
 /// Returns a vector of iterators of [`EncodedPage`], one per leaf column in the array
-pub fn array_to_columns<A: AsRef<dyn Array> + 'static + Send + Sync>(
+pub fn array_to_columns<A: AsRef<dyn Array> + Send + Sync>(
     array: A,
     type_: ParquetType,
     options: WriteOptions,