Nicholas Dawson (writer)
Canadian author
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Nicholas Dawson (born 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.[1]
Nicholas Dawson | |
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Dawson in 2021 | |
| Born | 1982 (age 43–44) Viña del Mar, Chile |
| Years active | 2010–present |
Biography
Born in Viña del Mar, Chile, in 1982 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] In 2026 he published Vida, a book inspired in part by Caroline's death of cancer in 2024.[11]