Dimitri Nasrallah Explained

Birth Place:Lebanon
Occupation:writer and academic
Nationality:Canadian
Dimitri Nasrallah

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]

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] and the chief editor for Esplanade Books, the fiction imprint of Véhicule Press.[10]

Awards and honours

Awards for Nasrallah's writing!Year!Title!Award!Result!Ref.
2005BlackbodyingMcAuslan First Book PrizeWinner[11]
2005Grand Prix du Livre de MontréalFinalist
2011NikoParagraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionWinner[12]
2022HotlineCBC Canada ReadsNominee
2022Scotiabank Giller PrizeLonglist[13]
2023ReLit Award for FictionFinalist[14]

Publications

As author

As translator

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kermalli . Shenaz . 2018-04-16 . Dimitri Nasrallah draws on global autocracies to inform his modern allegory . 2023-03-18 . . en.
  2. Web site: 2022-09-16 . 14 Canadian authors longlisted for $100K Scotiabank Giller Prize . 2023-03-18 . CBC Books.
  3. Web site: McGillis . Ian . 2022-02-16 . Dimitri Nasrallah's new novel charts fitful progress of immigrant mother, son in 1980s Montreal . 2023-03-18 . . en-CA.
  4. Web site: Dimitri Nasrallah . 2023-03-18 . . en.
  5. News: Bartley . Jim . 2005-02-12 . Sucked in and spit out . The Globe and Mail.
  6. News: 2005-11-24 . Quebec Writers' Federation hands out awards . The Globe and Mail.
  7. News: Lalonde . Michelle . 2011-04-23 . Fleeing war, finding a new home; Authentic tale of the hardship many immigrants face . Montreal Gazette.
  8. News: Colbert . Jade . 2018-05-03 . Dimitri Nasrallah's The Bleeds a sardonic look at global affairs . The Globe and Mail.
  9. Web site: 2012-03-13 . Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders . 2023-03-18 . CBC Books.
  10. Web site: Beattie . Steven W. . 2017-08-30 . How young Quebec publishers are taking risks and finding new readers . 2023-03-18 . . en.
  11. News: 2005-11-24 . Quebec Writers' Federation hands out awards . The Globe and Mail.
  12. Web site: The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20230202184035/https://qwf.org/prize/the-paragraphe-hugh-maclennan-prize-for-fiction/ . 2023-02-02 . 2023-03-17 . Quebec Writers' Federation.
  13. Web site: 2022-10-06 . How Dimitri Nasrallah's mother inspired his Giller Prize-longlisted novel Hotline . 2023-03-18 . CBC Books.
  14. https://quillandquire.com/omni/relit-awards-announce-2023-long-shortlists/ "ReLit Awards announce 2023 long shortlists"

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