Woman treated by therapist Aicha Dehdouh says French-Algerian author’s prize-winning book Houris uses her story
Two complaints have been filed in Algeria against the French-Algerian author Kamel Daoud, winner of France’s most prestigious literary award, and his wife, a therapist, alleging that they used a patient’s life story as the basis for his prize-winning novel.
The writer, the first Algerian novelist to be awarded the Prix Goncourt, won this year’s prize for his novel Houris, a fictional account of a young woman who lost her voice when an Islamist cut her throat during the country’s brutal 1992-2002 civil war.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/20/kamel-daoud-sued-used-life-wife-patient-novel-houris
Author : Jon Henley in Paris
Publish date : 2024-11-20 17:53:54
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