フランソワ・モーリアック
Daoud's debut novel, "The Meursault Investigation" (in French, "Meursault, contre-enquête") (2013), won the Prix Goncourt du Premier Roman (Goncourt Prize for a First Novel), as well as the prix François Mauriac and the Prix des cinq continents de la francophonie. It was also shortlisted for the Prix Renaudot.