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]

Dimitri Nasrallah
Born	1977 (1977) (age 48) Lebanon
Occupation	writer and academic
Nationality	Canadian

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][4] 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.
2005	Blackbodying	McAuslan First Book Prize	Winner	[6]
2005		Grand Prix du Livre de Montréal	Finalist	[4]
2011	Niko	Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction	Winner	[11]
2022	Hotline	CBC Canada Reads	Nominee	[9]
2022		Scotiabank Giller Prize	Longlist	[2][12]
2023		ReLit Award for Fiction	Finalist	[13]

Publications

As author

• Blackbodying (2004, DC Books)
• Niko (2011, Esplanade Books)
• The Bleeds (2018, Véhicule Press)
• Hotline (2022, Esplanade Books)

As translator

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