Writer Kamel Daoud sued in France over prizewinning book

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After a first complaint in Algeria, the writer Kamel Daoud now has an appointment with the French justice. Winner of the Prix Goncourt 2024 for his novel Houris, he is accused of having "stealed the story" of a young Algerian woman, Saâda Arbane, who claims 200,000 euros of damages. Charges refuted by the author. He received on Thursday 13 February a summons to appear before the judicial court of Paris by way of bailiff during a dedication sessi…

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A survivor of a massacre committed during the 1990s civil war in Algeria claims that the author told his story in his novel "Houris". She claims 200,000 euros in damages.

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The writer was tried on Thursday 13 February for non-respect of privacy by Saâda Arbane, an Algerian woman who accused her of stealing her story to compose her novel "Houris", Goncourt Prize 2024, which the author refutes.

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The Algerian woman Saâda Arbane has just assigned to court the writer Kamel Daoud for not respecting private life. This woman who was treated by Aïcha, the wife of the writer and a psychiatrist of her state, accuses the Prix Goncourt 2024 of having stolen her intimate story to make it the heart of the plot of her novel Houris (Gallimard) An article by Jacques Marie Bourget. In a country guided by the great thinker Bruno Retailleau – the man who …

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Kamel Daoud is accused of having stolen the confidences of Saâda Arbane, an Algerian patient of his psychiatrist wife, in order to use them as material for his latest novel, crowned last year by the Prix Goncourt. The French justice system has been notified.

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The author of the novel "Houris", winner of the Goncourt Prize, is already targeted by a complaint by Saâda Arbane in Algeria. This woman reproaches her for using her personal history without her consent to write her book.