Rawi Hage
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Education
MFA (Arts visuels et médiatique), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), 2006
BFA (Photography), Concordia University, 1998
Books :
Carnival, a novel
(Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2012; London: Hamish Hamilton, 2013; New York, W.W Norton & Company, 2013). Translated into five languages to date.
Winner, Paragraphe / Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Finalist, Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Cockroach, a novel
(Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2008; London: Hamish Hamilton, 2009, New York, W.W Norton & Company, 2009) Translated into twenty-three languages.
Finalist, Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize
Finalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize
Finalist, Governor General’s Literary Award
Winner, Paragraphe / Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Finalist, Prix Courrier international
De Niro’s Game, a novel
(Toronto: House of Anansi Press, 2006; London: Hamish Hamilton, 2007; New York: HarperCollins, 2007). Translated into twenty-nine languages.
Winner, International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award
Finalist, Rogers Writer’s Trust Fiction Prize
Finalist, Scotiabank Giller Prize
Finalist, Governor General’s Literary Award
Winner, Paragraphe / Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction
Finalist, Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize
Finalist, International Literary Prize of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt
Selected magazine work
Essays, articles and fiction published in Granta (online), Jouvert, Tin House, Literary Review of Canada, Brick, The Walrus, and McSweeney’s.
Selected teaching
Fiction master classes and visiting writer positions at various universities, including: Colorado College (Colorado Springs), City University of Hong Kong (China), Concordia University (Canada), Université de Québec à Montréal (Canada), Dawson College (Canada), Université St-Joseph de Beyrouth (Lebanon), Lebanese American University (Lebanon), and the American University of Beirut (Lebanon).
Faculty advisor, MFA Program, City University of Hong Kong, (“Distance Mentoring Advanced Creative Writing”), Spring 2013.
International Fellow, Berliner Künstlerprogramm / DAAD Artists-in-Berlin Program, 2011-2012, including associated programs and seminars
Selected readings
Read by the Sea, Nova Scotia, 2012
HeadRead Tallinn, Estonia, 2012
International Festival of Authors, Toronto, 2006, 2008 and 2012
Wordfest International Writers Festival, Banff-Calgary, 2006, 2008 and 2012
Vancouver International Writers Festival, 2006, 2008 and 2012
Thin Air, The Winnipeg International Writers Festival, 2006, 2008 and 2012
Writers’ Series, Green College, Vancouver, 2012
International Literature Festival of Berlin, Berlin, 2011
Guadalajara Book Fair, Mexico, 2009
Brooklyn Book Festival, New York, 2009
Festival of the Americas, Vincennes, France, 2009
The Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, UK, 2009
The Hay Festival, Granada, Spain, 2009
Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal 2006 and 2008
Sydney Writer’s Festival, Australia, 2007
Canadian Writers Series, York University, Toronto, 2007
Edmonton Reads, Edmonton Public library, 2007
Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh, 2007
Eden Mills Literary Festival, Eden Mills, Ontario, 2007
The Lakefield Literary Festival, Lakefield, Ontario, 2007
PEN Canada, Toronto Public Library, Toronto, 2007
Williamstown Public Library Reading, Toronto, 2007
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, British Columbia, 2007
Westmount Public Library, Montreal, 2006
The Landon Library, London, Ontario, 2006