Rawi Hage (; born 1964) is a Lebanese-Canadian journalist, novelist, and photographer based in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada."Rawi Hage", Penguin Random House Canada.
Personal life Hage is the common-law partner of novelist Madeleine Thien."Vancouver's Madeleine Thien 'moved' to receive prestigious Man Booker Prize nod" . Metro, July 27, 2016.
Writing Hage has published journalism and fiction in Canadian and American magazines, and in the PEN America Journal. His debut novel, De Niro's Game (2006), won the 2008 International Dublin Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2006 Governor General's Award for English fiction. Commenting on their selection, the Dublin Literary Award judges remarked that "its originality, its power, its lyricism, as well as its humane appeal all mark De Niro's Game as the work of a major literary talent and make Rawi Hage a truly deserving winner." De Niro's Game was also awarded two Quebec awards, the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize. De Niro's Game was translated into Arabic by Ruhi Tu'mah in 2008 as مصائر الغبارزينب مرعي 2010. راوي حاج تطهّر من أدران الحرب . al-akhbar.com
His second novel, Cockroach, was published in 2008 and was also shortlisted for the Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. He was the winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2008 and 2012 for his books Cockroach and Carnival, respectively.
In August 2013, he was named Vancouver Public Library's ninth writer in residence.
His 2018 novel Beirut Hellfire Society was named as a longlisted nominee for the Giller Prize, and a shortlisted finalist for both the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize"Edugyan, Hage among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction finalists" . Quill & Quire, September 26, 2018. and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction."Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize" . Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
In 2019 he won the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada.Deborah Dundas, "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers’ Trust Awards" . Toronto Star, November 5, 2019.
His 2022 collection of short stories, Stray Dogs, earned him his fourth Giller Prize nomination.
Awards and honours In addition to the awards listed below, Sophie Voillot's translation of De Niro's Game was shortlisted for the 2008 Cole Foundation Prize for Translation. +Awards for Hage's writingYearTitleAwardResultRef.2006De Niro's GameGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionShortlist"Cole, Gaston among nominees for Governor General's awards". Whitehorse Star, October 16, 2006.McAuslan First Book PrizeWinnerRogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeFinalistScotiabank Giller PrizeShortlistParagraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionWinner2008CockroachGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionShortlist"Hage, Ricci finalists for literary prize". Waterloo Region Record, October 22, 2008.Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionWinnerRogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeShortlistDe Niro's Game International Dublin Literary Award Winner2009Parfum de poussièreLe Combat des livres Winner2012CarnivalParagraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionWinnerRogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeShortlist2018Beirut Hellfire SocietyGovernor General's Award for English-language fictionShortlist"Hage, Toews among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". Peterborough Examiner, October 4, 2018.Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionShortlistRogers Writers' Trust Fiction PrizeShortlistScotiabank Giller PrizeLonglist2022Stray DogsParagraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for FictionShortlistScotiabank Giller PrizeShortlist
Bibliography De Niro's Game (2006) Cockroach (2008) Carnival (2012) Beirut Hellfire Society (2018) Stray Dogs (2022)
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