Accusation in opposition to Kamel Daoud after Goncourt Prize | EUROtoday

Shortly after Kamel Daoud was awarded the Prix Goncourt, France’s most essential literary prize, for “Houris”, a girl in Algeria accused the author of utilizing her story in his e-book – with out her consent. Saâda Arbane mentioned on Algerian tv that she had informed the story of how, as a six-year-old, she survived a bloodbath in her residence village solely along with her throat half lower, to Daoud’s spouse, with whom she was being handled. Years in the past, she rejected a request from the couple whether or not Daoud might use her destiny within the type of a e-book.