Dimitri Nasrallah (born 1977) is a

Lebanese Canadian Lebanese Canadians are Canadians of Lebanon, Lebanese origin. According to the Canada 2016 Census, 2016 Census there were 219,555 Canadians who claimed Lebanese people, Lebanese ancestry, showing an increase compared to the 2006 Census, making th ...

writer and academic. He is most noted for his 2022 novel ''Hotline'', which was longlisted for the 2022

Giller Prize The Giller Prize (sponsored as the Scotiabank Giller Prize), is a literary award given to a Canadian author of a novel or short story collection published in English (including translation) the previous year, after an annual juried competition be ...

. Born in Lebanon in the early years of the

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, Nasrallah's family took refuge in

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and

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before immigrating to

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in 1988. His debut novel, ''Blackbodying'', was published in 2004, and was the winner of the

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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

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

Awards and honours

Publications

As author

* ''Blackbodying'' (2004, DC Books) * ''Niko'' (2011, Esplanade Books) * ''The Bleeds'' (2018,

Véhicule Press The Vehicule Poets was a collective formed in Montreal in the 1970s by poets Endre Farkas, Artie Gold, Tom Konyves, Claudia Lapp, John McAuley, Stephen Morrissey and Ken Norris, who shared an interest in experimental American poetry and Europea ...

) * ''Hotline'' (2022, Esplanade Books)

As translator

* ''Hungary-Hollywood Express'' by Éric Plamondon (2017, Esplanade Books) * ''Mayonnaise'' by Éric Plamondon (2018, Esplanade Books)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nasrallah, Dimitri 1977 births Living people 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male novelists Canadian book editors Lebanese emigrants to Canada Academic staff of Concordia University Writers from Montreal