Mansour Bushnaf (Arabic: منصور بوشناف) (born October 22, 1954)[1] is a Libyan writer.
He began his literary career as a playwright and essayist, before writing his debut novel Chewing Gum (novel) which was banned in 2008 in Libya Bushnaf’s essays have appeared in the Al-Hayat, Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Al-Arab and Al-Wasat.
Mansour Bushnaf was born in Bani Walid, a small town, south-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli.
He studied in Bani Walid and Misrata, where he began writing and dramatising plays for his school drama club.
his first novel, The Night Mirage.. Chewing Gum (Arabic: سراب الليل.. العلكة), was published in Arabic in early 2008, by an independent publisher in Cairo but it was soon banned by Libyan authorities from being distributed inside the country.