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In 2019 he won the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada.
His 2022 novel ''Stray Dogs'' earned him his fourth Giller Prize nomination.
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: راوي الحاج, romanized: Rāwī Ḥāj; born 1964) is a Lebanese-Canadian journalist, novelist, and photographer
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based in Canada.
Writing
Hage has publishedjournalism
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and fiction in Canadian and American magazines, and in the ''PEN America
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Journal''. His debut novel
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, ''De Niro's Game
''De Niro's Game'' is the debut novel by Lebanese-Canadian writer Rawi Hage, originally published in 2006.
The novel's primary characters are Bassam and George, lifelong friends living in war-torn Beirut. The novel traces the different paths th ...
'' (2006), won the 2008 International Dublin Literary Award
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, and was shortlisted for the 2006 Scotiabank Giller Prize
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and the 2006 Governor General's Award
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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
''De Niro's Game'' is the debut novel by Lebanese-Canadian writer Rawi Hage, originally published in 2006.
The novel's primary characters are Bassam and George, lifelong friends living in war-torn Beirut. The novel traces the different paths th ...
'' was also awarded two Quebec
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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 الغبار
His second novel, ''Cockroach
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'', was published in 2008 and was also shortlisted for the Giller Prize
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, the Governor General's Award
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and the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize
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. He was the winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2008 and 2012 for his books ''Cockroach
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'' and ''Carnival'', respectively.
In August 2013, he was named Vancouver Public Library
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's ninth writer in residence.
He is the common-law partner of novelist Madeleine Thien.
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 and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.
In 2019 he won the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada.
His 2022 novel ''Stray Dogs'' earned him his fourth Giller Prize nomination.
Bibliography
*''De Niro's Game
''De Niro's Game'' is the debut novel by Lebanese-Canadian writer Rawi Hage, originally published in 2006.
The novel's primary characters are Bassam and George, lifelong friends living in war-torn Beirut. The novel traces the different paths th ...
'' (2006)
*''Cockroach
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'' (2008)
*Carnival (Novel), ''Carnival'' (2012)
*''Beirut Hellfire Society'' (2018)
*Stray Dogs (Novel), ''Stray Dogs'' (2022)
Awards and nominations
*''Winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards, Hugh MacLennan Prize for fiction'' (2006) *''Winner of the McAuslan First Book Prize'' (2006) *''Winner ofInternational Dublin Literary Award
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'' (2008)
*''Winner of the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards, Quebec Booksellers' Prize'' (2008)
*''Winner of Le Combat des livres'' (2009)
References
External links
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hage, Rawi 1964 births Artists from Beirut Artists from Montreal Canadian male novelists Lebanese emigrants to Canada Living people Writers from Beirut Writers from Montreal New York Institute of Photography alumni Concordia University alumni Dawson College alumni 21st-century Canadian novelists 21st-century Canadian male writers 21st-century Canadian photographers