Kamel Daoud

Kamel Daoud (2015)
by Claude Truong-Ngoc

Kamel Daoud (born June 17, 1970) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He was born in Mostaganem, Algeria.

Daoud edits the French language daily Le quotidien d’Oran where he contributes a popular chronique or tart commentary on the news under the title “Raina Raikoum” (“My Opinion, Your Opinion”) in French.[1]

Daoud's debut novel The Meursault Investigation (Meursault, contre-enquête) won the prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (the Goncourt prize for first novel),[2] the prix François Mauriac, and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. It was also on the shortlist for the Prix Renaudot.[3]

In April 2015, an excerpt from his Meursault, contre-enquête was featured in the New Yorker magazine.[4] The November 20, 2015 issue of the New York Times featured an Op-Ed Opinion piece by Daoud "Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It" in both English (translated by John Cullen) and French. [5] The February 14, 2016 issue of the New York Times featured another Op-Ed by Daoud, "The Sexual Misery of the Arab World" in both English (translated by John Cullen) and French. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Daoud, Kamel. Translated into English by Suzanne Ruta. "Kamel Daoud: Meursault" (Archive). Guernica. March 28, 2011. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Le Goncourt du premier roman 2015". Academie Goncourt. May 5, 2015. Retrieved May 7, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Kamel Daoud: Meursault, contre-enquête [Meursault, Counter Investigation] | The Modern Novel". Themodernnovelblog.com. 2014-10-29. Retrieved 2016-02-14.
  4. ↑ Daoud, Kamel. Translated into English by John Cullen. "Musa" (Archive). New Yorker. April 6, 2015. Retrieved on December 7, 2015.
  5. ↑ Daoud, Kamel. Translator: John Cullen. "Saudi Arabia, an ISIS That Has Made It" (Archive). The New York Times. November 20, 2015. Original French: "L'Arabie saoudite, un Daesh qui a réussi" (Archive).
  6. ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/14/opinion/sunday/la-misere-sexuelle-du-monde-arabe.html
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