Dimitri Nasrallah

Dimitri Nasrallah (born 1977) is a Lebanese Canadian writer and academic. He is most noted for his 2022 novel Hotline, which was longlisted for the 2022 Giller Prize.

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.

His debut novel, Blackbodying, was published in 2004, and was the winner of the McAuslan First Book Prize from the Quebec Writers' Federation Awards in 2005. and his third novel, The Bleeds, followed in 2018. His latest book, Hotline, published in 2022, was selected for the 2023 edition of Canada Reads, where it was championed by Gurdeep Pandher.

Nasrallah is also a professor of creative writing at Concordia University,

Awards and honours

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)