Moussa Ould Ebnou (born 1956) is one of
Mauritania
Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...
’s greatest
novelist
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s. He has published two novels in
French
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: ''L’amour impossible'' (1990) and ''Le Barzakh'' (1994), which were later published in
Arabic
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as: الحب المستحيل ("al-Hubb al-Mustahil") (1999), and مدينة الرياح (''Madinat al-Riyah'') (1996).
["Fictional Testimonies or Testimonial Fictions: Moussa Ould Ebnou's Barzakh, Nasrin Qader. http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ral/summary/v033/33.3qader.html"] Ebnou has also published two other works in Arabic: حج الفجار (''Hujj al-Fijar)'' (2003), and الامثال والحكم الشعبية الموريتانية ''al-Imthal w'al-Hakm ash-Sha'biya al-Muritaniya'' .
[''Biographical Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East & North Africa'', 2007, entry on Moussa Ould Ebnou]["Hadhrat al-kitab al-katib - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oHYmNl7O2w"]
Moussa Ould Ebnou was born in
Boutilimit
Boutilimit ( ar, بوتلميت) lies 164 km south east of Mauritania's capital of Nouakchott.
The estimated population in 2005 was 27,170.
The town is also well known in the region for its production of handicraft items, particularly Carpe ...
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1956 births
Living people
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