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Nicholas Dawson (writer)

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Nicholas Dawson
Born (1982-02-19) February 19, 1982 (age 42)
Years active2010–present

Nicholas Dawson (born February 19, 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.[1]

Biography

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Born in Viña del Mar, Chile and raised in Montreal, he is an alumnus of the Université du Québec à Montréal.[2] He published his debut poetry collection, La déposition des chemins, in 2010,[3] and his debut novel Animitas in 2017.[4]

Désormais, ma demeure, published in 2020, blended non-fiction essay with elements of poetry and autofiction in its depiction of clinical depression.[5] The book was the winner of the 2021 Grand Prix du livre de Montréal,[6] and of the 2021 Blue Metropolis / Conseil des arts de Montréal Diversity Prize.[7] House Within a House, an English translation by D. M. Bradford of Désormais, ma demeure, was a finalist for the Governor General's Award for French to English translation at the 2023 Governor General's Awards.[8]

In 2021 he published Nous sommes un continent, a collection of correspondence with writer Karine Rosso.

Dawson, who identifies as queer,[6] served on the jury for the 2023 Dayne Ogilvie Prize.[9]

He is the brother of writer Caroline Dawson.[10]

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