Rabih Alameddine is the author of 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.
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