Algerian-French writer Kamel Daoud wins top French literary prize

Algerian-French novelist Kamel Daoud was awarded the Goncourt prize, a prestigious literary distinction among French-speaking authors.

He emerged Monday (Nov. 04) at the window of the French Drouant restaurant where the Goncourt jury’s gathered to deliberate.

The panel picked Daoud’s novel ‘Houris’ which competed against 3 other books.

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