Moussa Ould Ebnou
Moussa Ould Ebnou is a professor of philosophy and a novelist from Mauritania.
Life and career
Moussa Ould Ebnou was born in Boutilimit. He received a PhD from the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1984, he became a consultant for the United Nations Sudano-Sahelian Office. In 2008, he became a professor of philosophy at the University of Nouakchott. He has also served as an advisor for the Mauritanian government.He has published two novels in French: L’amour impossible and Le Barzakh, which were later published in Arabic as الحب المستحيل, and مدينة الرياح, respectively. He has translated his own work into Arabic.
Ebnou has also published other works in Arabic, including حج الفجار , and الامثال والحكم الشعبية الموريتانية.
Barzakh was listed by The National'' as one of the fifty most important Arabic novels of the twentieth century. The announcement called it "one of the most gripping dystopian tales to come out of the Arab world."
Works
In French
The Impossible Love- * Arabic translation: الحب المستحيل Barzakh
- * Arabic translation: مدينة الرياح
- * English translation: ''Barzakh: The Land In-Between''
In Arabic
The Hajj of Sinners- ''Popular Mauritanian Proverbs and Sayings''