Nicholas Dawson (born February 19, 1982) is a Canadian writer from Quebec, most noted for his 2020 book Désormais, ma demeure.^[1]

Born in Viña del Mar, Chile 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]

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