Hage has published
journalism and
fiction in Canadian and American magazines, and in the
PEN America Journal. His
debut novel, ''
De Niro's Game'' (2006), won the 2008
International Dublin Literary Award, and was shortlisted for the 2006
Scotiabank Giller Prize and the 2006
Governor General's Award for English fiction. Commenting on their selection, the Dublin Literary Award judges remarked that "its originality, its power, its lyricism, as well as its humane appeal all mark ''De Niro's Game
as the work of a major literary talent and make Rawi Hage a truly deserving winner." De Niro's Game'' was also awarded two
Quebec awards, the
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction and the
McAuslan First Book Prize. De Niro's Game was translated into Arabic by Ruhi Tu'mah in 2008 as مصائر الغبار His second novel,
Cockroach, was published in 2008 and was also shortlisted for the
Giller Prize, the
Governor General's Award and the
Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize. He was the winner of the
Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction in 2008 and 2012 for his books
Cockroach and
Carnival, respectively. In August 2013, he was named
Vancouver Public Library's ninth writer in residence. His 2018 novel
Beirut Hellfire Society was named as a longlisted nominee for the Giller Prize, and a shortlisted finalist for both the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction. In 2019 he won the
Writers' Trust Engel/Findley Award from the
Writers' Trust of Canada. His 2022 novel
Stray Dogs earned him his fourth Giller Prize nomination. ==Awards and honours==