INTERVIEW – On the occasion of the publication of Camus’s essays on intellectual freedom, the writer Kamel Daoud, author of “Houris”, winner of the Goncourt Prize, gives his reading of them, in light of the situation of writers in Algeria.
Éditions Gallimard publishes Current IV, collection which brings together Camus’ positions in favor of the freedom of FLN activists or Hungarian opponents of the communist regime. The writer Kamel Daoud, author of Meursault, counter-investigation, read the essay.
LE FIGARO. – What personal relationship do you have with the essayist Camus?
Camel DAOUD. – Each author attributes to himself, with a dose of vanity or lucidity, a specific lineage of writers who inspired him and encouraged him to embrace his vocation. However, the imaginary family tree evolves with time, maturity and recovered memories. In my case, Albert Camus always occupies a central place, for at least three reasons. The first is that with Camus, I made this essential discovery, at the base of my passion for writing: style is the man, his breathing, his tense body, subject to the effort to live and understand. The style reflects the…
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