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Rawi Hage

Rawi Hage  is the author of four novels. Beirut Hellfire Society was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Hage now lives in Montreal.

Rawi Hage

Rawi Hage  is the author of four novels. Beirut Hellfire Society was longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, shortlisted for the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, and a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, Hage now lives in Montreal.

Awards

Shortlisted — Governor General's Literary Award, 2008

Shortlisted — Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2008

Shortlisted — Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, 2018

Longlisted — Scotiabank Giller Prize, 2018

Shortlisted — Governor General's Literary Award, 2018

Books by Rawi Hage

  • Carnival: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    Hardback, 2013

    A stirring new masterpiece from the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award–winning author of Cockroach and De Niro’s Game.
  • Cockroach: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    Paperback, 2011

    "Funny and sharp . . . playful and erotic."—New York Times Book Review
  • Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    Hardback, 2019

    A searing and visionary novel set in war-torn 1970s Beirut, from an author praised for his "fierce poetic originality" (Boston Globe) and "uncompromising vision" (Colm Tóibín).
  • Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    Paperback, 2020

    “Truly a masterpiece.” —Lawrence Joseph
  • Carnival: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    E Book, 2013

    A stirring new masterpiece from the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award–winning author of Cockroach and De Niro’s Game.
  • Beirut Hellfire Society: A Novel

    Rawi Hage

    E Book, 2019

    “Truly a masterpiece.” —Lawrence Joseph