Dimitri Nasrallah

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Dimitri Nasrallah
Born1977 (age 47–48)
Lebanon
Occupationwriter and academic
NationalityCanadian

Dimitri Nasrallah (born 1977) is a Lebanese Canadian writer and academic. [1] He is most noted for his 2022 novel Hotline, which was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize. [2]

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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. [3] [4]

His debut novel, Blackbodying, was published in 2004, [5] and was the winner of the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 2005. [6] His second novel, Niko, was published in 2011, [7] and his third novel, The Bleeds, followed in 2018. [8] His latest book, Hotline, published in 2022, was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads , where it was championed by Gurdeep Pandher. [9]

Nasrallah is also a professor of creative writing at Concordia University, [1] [4] and the chief editor for Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint of Véhicule Press. [10]

Awards and honours

Awards for Nasrallah's writing
YearTitleAwardResultRef.
2005Blackbodying McAuslan First Book Prize Winner [6]
2005Grand Prix du Livre de MontréalFinalist [4]
2011Niko Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner [11]
2022HotlineCBC Canada Reads Nominee [9]
2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist [2] [12]
2023 ReLit Award for FictionFinalist [13]

Publications

As author

As translator

References

  1. 1 2 Kermalli, Shenaz (2018-04-16). "Dimitri Nasrallah draws on global autocracies to inform his modern allegory". Quill and Quire . Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  2. 1 2 "14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books . 2022-09-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  3. ↑ McGillis, Ian (2022-02-16). "Dimitri Nasrallah's new novel charts fitful progress of immigrant mother, son in 1980s Montreal". Montreal Gazette . Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  4. 1 2 3 "Dimitri Nasrallah". Concordia University . Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ↑ Bartley, Jim (2005-02-12). "Sucked in and spit out". The Globe and Mail .
  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.
  10. ↑ Beattie, Steven W. (2017-08-30). "How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers". Quill and Quire . Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  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.
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