Lecture Title: “Meursault et l’arabe : une robinsonnade malheureuse”
Location: WHC, 53 Wall Street, Rm 208
Born in 1970 in Mostaganem, Algeria, Kamel Daoud is a journalist at Quotidien d’Oran where he writes the column « Raïna raïkoum » (“Our opinion is yours”). As a writer, he is known especially for The Meursault Investigation, first published in Algeria in 2013 to unanimous critical acclaim and the recipient of numerous literary prizes including France’s Goncourt Prize for a First Novel in 2015. The Meursault Investigation has been adapted for the stage, with a film version to come, and translations of the novel are underway in over 25 languages.
Cosponsored by the Poynter Fellowship at Yale, The Council on Mideastern Studies, The Council on European Studies, the Whitney Humanities Center.