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Kamel Daoud

カメル・ダウド　/　かめる・だうど

Journalist from Algeria

June 17, 1970 (age 55)　・　Mostaganem, Mostaganem Province, Algeria

Mostaganem Province
journalist
writer

My Take

Kamel Daoud is one of those rare writers whose courage matches his talent. Born in Mostaganem in 1970 and trained as a journalist out of the University of Oran, he announced himself by reimagining Camus's The Stranger from the Arab side in The Meursault Investigation, then capped it with the 2024 Prix Goncourt for Houris. What moves me is not the trophy shelf but the stance: writing in French while wrestling honestly with Algerian reality takes nerve few possess. His journalistic roots give the fiction a bracing, lived-in edge. To me he is essential reading, an author whose willingness to provoke is inseparable from his moral seriousness.

Overview

Kamel Daoud (Arabic: كمال داود; born June 17, 1970) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He is best known for his 2013 novel Meursault, contre-enquête (The Meursault Investigation) and his 2024 novel Houris.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kamel Daoud
Name (Japanese): カメル・ダウド
Reading: かめる・だうど
Born: June 17, 1970 (age 55)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Gemini / Dog
Origin: Mostaganem, Mostaganem Province, Algeria
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: journalist / writer

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: University of Oran

Awards & achievements

2017 Livre et droits humains award
2019 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca
2019 Revue des deux Mondes prize
2020 Prix de la laïcité
2024 Prix Goncourt

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role	Year
Notable work	The Meursault Investigation	—
Notable work	Houris	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%82%A6%E3%83%89

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