The Changing Face of Quebecois ‘Anglo’ Literature: Dimitri Nasrallah and Ceri Morgan

By the end of the 20^th century, many English writers in Quebec felt themselves to be doubly exiled, a small language-defined community limited within a larger French culture, divided by the hostility of the country’s language politics and far removed from a wider Canadian readership. They formed a chronically under-recognized niche of Canlit known as Quebec’s ‘Anglo’ writing. Two decades later, that’s no longer the case. Today’s Anglo writing community is increasingly multicultural and multilingual. They have built up a strong community of acclaimed publishers and grassroots support for their writers, who are being recognized in Quebec, across Canada, and around the world more than ever before.  Award-winning novelist, translator, and editor Dimitri Nasrallah is one such example.  Born in Lebanon during the civil war, the Montreal-based writer’s books have been widely acclaimed in both their original English and French translations (by novelist Daniel Grenier) for their global outlook and pertinent explorations of family, authoritarianism, and displacement.

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