Rabih Alameddine is the author of Comforting Myths: Concerning the Political in Art, and the novels An Unnecessary Woman; I, the Divine; Koolaids; The Hakawati; and the story collection, The Perv. In 2019, he won the Dos Passos Prize.

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AWARDS

Body of work

• The John Dos Passos Prize for Literature (2019)

• The Harold Washington Literary Award (2018)

• Guggenheim Fellowship (2002)

The Angel of History

• Winner, the Lambda Literary Award 2017

• Winner, the Arab American Book Award 2017

• Winner, the Northern California Book Award 2017

• Longlisted, Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence

An Unnecessary Woman

• Winner, NCIBA Award 2014

• Winner, Prix Femina 2016 (France)

• Winner, California Book Award 2014

• Winner, the Arab American Book Award 2015

• Finalist, National Book Award 2014

• Finalist, NBCC Award (National Book critics Award) 2015

• Finalist, PEN Open Book Award, 2015

• Longlisted, the IMPAC Award

• Bestseller in various countries

The Hakawati

• Winner, Rome Prize/Premio Roma July 2009 (Italy)

• Winner, RUSA Award 2009 (from the American Library Association)

• Shortlisted Courrier International 2009

• Longlisted, the IMPAC Award 2009

• Bestseller in various countries; reached number one on the bestseller list in Norway as well as Spain, where it also had ten hardcover printings.

Koolaids

• Finalist, the Lambda Literary Award 1999