Kamel Daoud celebrated his Goncourt Prize win for his novel ‘Houris’ on France Inter, expressing how the recognition brings meaning to his life’s work. He reflected on the intense joy of receiving the prestigious award, acknowledging the clichéd nature of…

Kamel Daoud has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Goncourt Prize for his novel ‘Houris’, which poignantly depicts the tragedies of Algeria’s ‘black decade’ from 1992 to 2002. The jurors at Paris’s Drouant restaurant praised Daoud’s lyrical yet tragic storytelling, emphasizing…