Rawi Hage

Rawi Hage
Hage at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival
Hage at the 2009 Brooklyn Book Festival
BornBeirut, Lebanon
OccupationJournalist, novelist, photographer
NationalityLebanese, Canadian
Notable worksDe Niro's Game, Cockroach
PartnerMadeleine Thien

Rawi Hage (Arabic: راوي الحاج, romanized: Rāwī Ḥāj; born 1964) is a Lebanese-Canadian journalist, novelist, and photographer based in Montreal, Quebec, in Canada.[1]

Personal life

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Hage is the common-law partner of novelist Madeleine Thien.[2]

Writing

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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,[3] 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."[4] De Niro's Game was also awarded two Quebec awards, the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the McAuslan First Book Prize.[5] De Niro's Game was translated into Arabic by Ruhi Tu'mah in 2008 as مصائر الغبار[6]

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.[7] He was the winner of the Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2008 and 2012 for his books Cockroach and Carnival, respectively.[citation needed]

In August 2013, he was named Vancouver Public Library's ninth writer in residence.[8]

His 2018 novel Beirut Hellfire Society was named as a longlisted nominee for the Giller Prize,[9] and a shortlisted finalist for both the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize[10] and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction.[11]

In 2019 he won the Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award from the Writers' Trust of Canada.[12]

His 2022 novel Stray Dogs earned him his fourth Giller Prize nomination.

Awards and honours

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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.[13]

Awards for Hage's writing
Year Title Award Result Ref.
2006 De Niro's Game Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Shortlist [14]
McAuslan First Book Prize Winner [15]
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Finalist [16]
Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist [17]
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner [18][19]
2008 Cockroach Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Shortlist [20]
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner [19][18]
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlist [16]
De Niro's Game International Dublin Literary Award Winner [21][22][23][18]
2009 Parfum de poussière Le Combat des livres Winner [24]
2012 Carnival Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner [19][18]
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlist [16][25]
2018 Beirut Hellfire Society Governor General's Award for English-language fiction Shortlist [26]
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Shortlist [19][27][28]
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlist [16][29]
Scotiabank Giller Prize Longlist [30]
2022 Stray Dogs Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Shortlist [31][32]
Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlist [33][34]

Bibliography

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References

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  1. ^ "Rawi Hage", Penguin Random House Canada.
  2. ^ "Vancouver's Madeleine Thien 'moved' to receive prestigious Man Booker Prize nod" Archived 2017-12-04 at the Wayback Machine. Metro, July 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Wagner, Vit (2008-06-12). "Montreal writer wins big Irish prize". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  4. ^ "DeNiro's Game by Rawi Hage, wins the 2008 International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award". The International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Dublin City Public Libraries. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  5. ^ "Montreal's Hage wins 2 Quebec literary awards". CBC News. CBC. 2006-11-23. Archived from the original on 2010-11-30. Retrieved 2009-09-02.
  6. ^ زينب مرعي 2010. راوي حاج تطهّر من أدران الحرب . al-akhbar.com
  7. ^ "Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize: History". Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
  8. ^ "Award-winning author Rawi Hage named VPL's ninth Writer in Residence". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  9. ^ van Koeverden, Jane (2018-12-10). "Esi Edugyan, Patrick deWitt, Tanya Tagaq among 12 authors longlisted for 2018 Scotiabank Giller Prize". CBC Books. Archived from the original on 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  10. ^ "Edugyan, Hage among Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction finalists" Archived 2019-02-14 at the Wayback Machine. Quill & Quire, September 26, 2018.
  11. ^ "Miriam Toews, Rawi Hage in running for $25,000 Governor General’s fiction prize" Archived 2019-04-13 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, October 3, 2018.
  12. ^ Deborah Dundas, "Andre Alexis, Jenny Heijun Wills are big winners at Writers’ Trust Awards" Archived 2019-11-06 at the Wayback Machine. Toronto Star, November 5, 2019.
  13. ^ "Le Prix de traduction de la Fondation Cole / The Cole Foundation Prize for Translation". Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-09-30. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  14. ^ "Cole, Gaston among nominees for Governor General's awards". Whitehorse Star, October 16, 2006.
  15. ^ "The Concordia University First Book Prize". Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  16. ^ a b c d "Rawi Hage". Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  17. ^ "Awards: Giller Short List". Shelf Awareness. 2006-10-04. Archived from the original on 2023-01-01. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  18. ^ a b c d Grondin, Mélanie (2012-11-21). "Quebec Writers' Federation Honors the Best". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on 2013-01-09. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  19. ^ a b c d "The Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction". Quebec Writers' Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-02-02. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  20. ^ "Hage, Ricci finalists for literary prize". Waterloo Region Record, October 22, 2008.
  21. ^ Flood, Alison (11 June 2009). "Debut novelist takes €100,000 Impac Dublin prize". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
  22. ^ Wagner, Vit (2008-06-12). "Montreal writer wins big Irish prize". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  23. ^ "Awards: De Niro's Game Wins IMPAC Dublin". Shelf Awareness. June 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 2023-01-30. Retrieved 2023-01-30.
  24. ^ "Combat des livres: 2009". Canadian Books & Authors. Archived from the original on 2023-03-19. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  25. ^ "Awards: Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlist". Shelf Awareness. 2012-09-24. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  26. ^ "Hage, Toews among finalists for Governor General's Literary Awards". Peterborough Examiner, October 4, 2018.
  27. ^ "Rawi Hage, Paige Cooper among finalists for 2018 Quebec Writers' Federation literary awards". CBC Books. 2019-02-28. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  28. ^ Mudaly, Lee-Ann (2018-11-21). "4 Concordians shortlisted for Quebec Writers Federation awards". Concordia University. Archived from the original on 2023-03-18. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  29. ^ Porter, Ryan (2018-09-26). "Edugyan, Hage among Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction finalists". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2019-02-14. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  30. ^ "Awards: Scotiabank Giller Longlist; Dayton Literary Peace Prize Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2018-09-18. Archived from the original on 2022-12-26. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  31. ^ "Rawi Hage and Sina Queyras among finalists for Quebec Writers' Federation Literary Awards". CBC Books. 2022-10-20. Archived from the original on 2022-11-01. Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  32. ^ Drudi, Cassandra (2022-10-19). "Shortlists announced for 2022 QWF awards". Quill and Quire. Archived from the original on 2022-11-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  33. ^ "Awards: Stephen Leacock Humor Winner, Scotiabank Giller Shortlist". Shelf Awareness . 2022-09-28. Archived from the original on 2022-10-27. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  34. ^ Dundas, Deborah (2022-09-27). "Rawi Hage, Suzette Mayr among five finalists for the 2022 Giller Prize worth $100,000". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on 2022-12-08. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
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