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Rawi Hage

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Rawi Hage was born 1964 in Beirut. In 1982, he moved to New York City, studying at the New York Institute of Photography. He came to Montreal in 1991 to study arts at Dawson College and Concordia University. He is a writer and a visual artist. His novel De Niro's Game, was a finalist for numerous prestigious national and international awards, and won the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His second novel Cockroach won the Quebec Writers' Federation Award and was shortlisted for numerous prestigious awards including the Scotia Bank Giller Prize, the Governor General's Award, The Writers' Trust Award, and the Prix des libraires du Québec. Rawi Hage resides in Montreal, Canada.

Bibliography
De Niro's Game (2006)
Cockroach (2008)

Awards
for De Niro's Game

Scotiabank Giller Prize - Shortlisted (2006)
Governor General's Award: Fiction - Shortlisted (2006)
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner (2006)
McAuslan First Book Prize Winner (2006)
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlisted (2007)
Commonwealth Writer's Prize (Canada and the Caribbean): Best First Book Shortlisted (2007)
Prix des libraires du Québec Shortlisted (2008)
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Winner (2008)

for Cockroach
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize Shortlisted (2008)
Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction Winner (2008)
Scotiabank Giller Prize Shortlisted (2008)
Governor General's Award: Fiction Shortlisted (2008)
Globe and Mail Top 100 Books of the Year Selected (2008)
Grand Prix du Livre de Montreal Winner (2008)
IMPAC Dublin Literary Award Longlisted (2010)

Works in the Archive

Rawi Hage - Q & A

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Rawi Hage lives in Montreal and is the author of DeNiro’s Game (Anansi, 2006) which was nominated for both the Giller Prize and a Governor General's award for fiction in 2006.

Rawi Hage - Reading

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Rawi Hage lives in Montreal and is the author of DeNiro’s Game (Anansi, 2006) which was nominated for both the Giller Prize and a Governor General's award for fiction in 2006.

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