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Langues
Arabic, French , English , Portuguese

Biography
The Mauritanian poet, Novelist and translator Cheikh Nouh, was born in Senegal in 1982, , he studied in various schools until he obtained his license in history from the university of Nouakchott. During his studies he mastered the Arabic, English, French and Portuguese languages. He arrived in Nouakchott from Senegal with his family in 1989 to settle in his homeland. Like all children from poor classes, he grew up in a poor country which is governed by a strict traditional social hierarchy such as Mauritania but that did not prevent him from living a normal and happy life as much as possible .. He stated in a previous interview that his mother was his first inspiration as she was eager to indoctrinate him dozens of poetic texts when he was young. It is worth mentioning that he wrote his first poetic texts while studying in the second year of middle school, exactly in the city of kaedi, 430 km east of the capital Nouakchott Then came the decisive moment, which he fully understood and consider as a watershed, whilst studying in high school due to a question posed by the teacher to each student “what are your dreams and ambitions for the future “? The answers were divided between those who said that they aspire to the presidency and others to a ministry or even administration, but Cheikh Nouh uniquely answered “my ambition is to become one of the pioneers of Arabic literature “adding “I was swilling Arabic, I did not only listen to it or speak it “ It can be said that he remained faithful to his belonging to the Arabic language since all his published books so far are in Arabic. Cheikh Nouh published his first poetry collection “the first branches of uncertainty” in 2018, Then in 2019 He released his second poetry colletion called “The breads of heaven “, So is his first Novel “Adabai “that revolves around the social changes that Mauritania has known over the past 30 years. Literary in 2021 his third collection of poetry “On a carpet of oneself “was published, in addition to his new novel “AL Qassem ould AL Hussein “ about which the writer Cheikh Nouh stated : “ I am happy that this work which I wrote more than once was published, and it actually costed me three years of headaches and anxiety “

Cheikh Nouh currently resides in the capital Nouakchott accompanied by his small family, which is adorned by his two beloved daughters jawhara and Hayat.

It is also worth noting that he heads “the Dahsha literary club “ which is concerned with matters of literature and poetry.

Works
•	The first branches of uncertainty. Poetry (2018

•	The breads of heaven. poetry (2019) Al Badawi publishing House, Tunisia

•	Adabai. Roman (2019), Dar Madarek publishing , Riyadh

•	On a carpet of oneself. Poetry (2021), Wings publishing House, Khartoum

•	Attractive, even in the mirror. Poetry (2021), Moasic House for studies and publishing, Turkey

•	AL Qassem ould AL Hussein. Roman Moasic House for studies and publishing, Turkey

•	Herbs and a lighter. Articles and interviews (2021) , Dar Qimam for publishing and distribution, Nouakchott.

•	Cherguiya .. lyrical odes to a woman from the Sahel, Translation of a work by Ousmane Diagana, In press (2021), Dar Wings publishing , Khartoum

Awards
•	Before Cheikh Nouh released his first poetry colletion “ The breads of heaven “ in 2018

, he had won the award of the Mauritanian Writes Union in 2012

•	Then the prize of the old Towns Festival in Tichitt ( 2013)

•	AHhmed shawky Museum`S international Award for the best poem in 2019 from Egypt.