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Name
  
Kamel Daoud


Role
  
Writer

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Books
  
Meursault, contre-enquete, Le minotaure 504

Awards
  
Goncourt List, Choice of the Orient

Nominations
  
Prix Goncourt des Lyceens, Prix Goncourt

Similar People
  
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Kamel Daoud (Arabic: كمال داود‎‎; born June 17, 1970) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He currently edits the French-language daily Le quotidien d’Oran, for which he writes a popular column, “Raïna Raïkoum” (Our Opinion, Your Opinion). The column often includes commentary on the news.

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Early life and education

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Daoud was born in Mostaganem, Algeria on June 17, 1970. The oldest of six children, he was raised in an Arabic-speaking Muslim family in Algeria. Daoud studied French literature at the University of Oran.

Work

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Daoud's debut novel, The Meursault Investigation (in French, Meursault, contre-enquête) (2013), won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (Goncourt Prize for a First Novel), as well as the prix François Mauriac and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. It was also shortlisted for the Prix Renaudot.

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In April 2015, an excerpt from Meursault, contre-enquête was featured in the New Yorker magazine. The November 20, 2015, issue of the New York Times featured an op-ed opinion piece by Daoud titled "Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It" in both English (translated by John Cullen) and French. The February 14, 2016, issue of the New York Times featured a controversial second op-ed piece by Daoud, "The Sexual Misery of the Arab World" in English (translated by John Cullen), French, and Arabic.

References

Kamel Daoud Wikipedia