Dimitri Nasrallah

Dimitri Nasrallah
Born1977 (age 48–49)
Occupationswriter and academic

Dimitri Nasrallah (born 1977) is a Lebanese Canadian writer and academic. He is most noted for his 2022 novel Hotline, which was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.

Born in Lebanon in the early years of the Lebanese Civil War, Nasrallah's family took refuge in Cyprus and Greece before immigrating to Montreal in 1988.

His debut novel, Blackbodying, was published in 2004, and was the winner of the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 2005. His second novel, Niko, was published in 2011, and his third novel, The Bleeds, followed in 2018. His latest book, Hotline, published in 2022, was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Gurdeep Pandher.

Nasrallah is also a professor of creative writing at Concordia University, and the chief editor for Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint of Véhicule Press.

Awards and honours

Awards for Nasrallah's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2005 Blackbodying McAuslan First Book Prize Winner
2005 Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal Finalist
2011 Niko Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner
2022 Hotline CBC Canada Reads Nominee
2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist
2023 ReLit Award for Fiction Finalist

Publications

As author

As translator

References

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  6. 1 2 "Quebec Writers' Federation hands out awards". The Globe and Mail. 2005-11-24.
  7. ↑ Lalonde, Michelle (2011-04-23). "Fleeing war, finding a new home; Authentic tale of the hardship many immigrants face". Montreal Gazette.
  8. ↑ Colbert, Jade (2018-05-03). "Dimitri Nasrallah's The Bleeds a sardonic look at global affairs". The Globe and Mail.
  9. 1 2 "Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders". CBC Books. 2012-03-13. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
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  11. ↑ "The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction". Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  12. ↑ "How Dimitri Nasrallah's mother inspired his Giller Prize-longlisted novel Hotline". CBC Books. 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  13. ↑ "ReLit Awards announce 2023 long shortlists". Quill & Quire, September 25, 2023.