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Kamel Daoud is an Algerian and French journalist and writer born in Mostaganem on June 17, 1970. He holds the position of editor-in-chief and has worked for Le Quotidien d'Oran and Le Point. Daoud was educated at the University of Oran and writes in French. He is a participant in A Letter on Justice and Open Debate.
His literary career includes twelve works, with notable titles such as Houris, Zabor, La préface du nègre, معارضة الغريب, and Der Schock. Daoud has received several awards, including the Prix Goncourt, Prix Goncourt du premier roman, Prix mondial Cino Del Duca, and the Stig Dagerman Prize. His work is recognized in the Prix Goncourt collection.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1970
- Works
- 12
Top works
- معارضة الغريب
- Der Schock
- Houris
- Zabor
- La préface du nègre
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Toulouse
Discography
- Magnolia2022
- Sunsets in Cadaques2023
- GOOD BOY2024
- Drinks on Me2024
- Flyin’2025
- ok2025
- HOODS2026
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 3
- Total plays
- 3
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019
· 2020 · cited 10,224x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,658x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,699x
- Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults
· 2017 · cited 5,579x
- Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
· 2016 · cited 5,082x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Mesra
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- editor-in-chief
- Educated at
- University of Oran
- Employer
- Le Point
- Languages spoken
- French
- Award
- Stig Dagerman Prize
- Participant in
- A Letter on Justice and Open Debate
- Image
- Kamel Daoud par Claude Truong-Ngoc février 2015.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1970-06-17
- Commons category
- Kamel Daoud
- writing language
- French
- P12674
- Dirk Elbers
- name in native language
- Kamel Daoud
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Encyclopedic overview
Kamel Daoud (2015) Kamel Daoud (Arabic: كمال داود; born June 17, 1970) is an Algerian writer and journalist. He is best known for his 2013 novel Meursault, contre-enquête (The Meursault Investigation) and his 2024 novel Houris.
Early life and education
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