Algerian author Kamel Daoud has been awarded the 30th Dagerman Prize. The prize was announced on Friday afternoon at the library in Skutskär. According to reports, the prize recognizes a body of work that combines clarity about the human condition with advanced literary aesthetics.
Kamel Daoud is scheduled to come to Laxön, Älvkarleby, to receive the prize. The prize jury includes Arne Ruth, Bengt Söderhäll, Dmitri Plax, Gunilla Kindstrand (chair), Lo Dagerman, René Dagerman, Torbjörn Elensky, and Urban Forsgren. Previous winners of the Dagerman Prize include John Hron in 1996, Yasar Kemal in 1997, and others up to Lennart Sjögren in 2025.