Habib Ayyoub حبيب أيوب | |
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Habib Ayyoub at the 20th Maghreb des Livres book fair, Paris, 2014. | |
Born | Abdelaziz Benmahdjoub (1947-10-15)15 October 1947 Takdempt, Algeria |
Occupation | novelist, journalist |
Language | French |
Nationality | Algerian |
Notable works | Le Gardien |
Notable awards | 2003 : Mohammed Dib Prize for C'était la guerre; 2013: "Escales" Prize for Le Remonteur d'Horloge (Barzakh) |
Habib Ayyoub (real name Abdelaziz Benmahdjoub, born 15 October 1947 in Takdempt) is an Algerian writer, journalist, and film-maker, notable for his novels in French. He lives in Dellys.
Biography
After studying sociology, then filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels, he became a correspondent of Le Jeune Indépendant, then economic journalist at Liberté.
He then made a few short films before going on to publish his first books: Le Désert et après and Le Gardien (published by Barzakh Editions) in 2002. Le Gardien tells the story of a soldier posted to a remote settlement in the desert.
Two of his works have been translated into Italian: Il guardiano (Le gardien) and Il regolatore di orologi (Le remonteur d'horloge).
References
- http://www.revues-plurielles.org/_uploads/pdf/4_57_12.pdf
- DZLit: Habib Ayyoub
- Africiné : Habib Ayyoub
- DZLit: Habib Ayyoub
- Barzakh: Habib Ayyoub
- "Habib Ayyoub, Le Gardien – review by Amina Bekkat". Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
- Besa Editrice
External links
- DZLit: Habib Ayyoub
- Le remonteur d’horloge de Habib Ayyoub : un récit absurde ? (Siham Benniche, MA thesis, University of Bejaia 2015)
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