| Habib Ayyoub حبيب أيوب | |
| Birth Name: | Abdelaziz Benmahdjoub |
| Birth Date: | 15 October 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Takdempt, Algeria |
| Occupation: | novelist, journalist |
| Language: | French |
| Nationality: | Algerian |
| Notableworks: | Le Gardien |
| 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,[1] born 15 October 1947 in Takdempt) is an Algerian writer, journalist, and film-maker, notable for his novels in French. He lives in Dellys.[2]
After studying sociology, then filmmaking at the INSAS in Brussels,[3] he became a correspondent of Le Jeune Indépendant, then economic journalist at Liberté.[4]
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[5]) in 2002. Le Gardien tells the story of a soldier posted to a remote settlement in the desert.[6]
Two of his works have been translated into Italian: Il guardiano (Le gardien) and Il regolatore di orologi (Le remonteur d'horloge).[7]