Habib Ayyoub (real name Abdelaziz Benmahdjoub,http://www.revues-plurielles.org/_uploads/pdf/4_57_12.pdf born 15 October 1947 in Takdempt) is an Algerian writer, journalist, and film-maker, notable for his novels in French. He lives in Dellys.DZLit: Habib Ayyoub
Biography
After studying sociology, then filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels,Africiné : Habib Ayyoub he became a correspondent of Le Jeune Indépendant, then economic journalist at Liberté.DZLit: Habib Ayyoub
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 EditionsBarzakh: Habib Ayyoub) 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).Besa Editrice
References
External links DZLit: Habib Ayyoub Le remonteur d’horloge de Habib Ayyoub : un récit absurde ? (Siham Benniche, MA thesis, University of Bejaia 2015)