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Tayeb Salih
, 1929 - 2009
Tayeb Salih (Ṣāliḥ, al-Ṭayyib; الطيب صالح), an acclaimed writer and broadcaster, was born in Karmakol, near Al Debba in northern Sudan and educated at Gordon Memorial College (later known as the University of Khartoum) and at the University of London. After working briefly as a teacher, he moved to London to work for the BBC Arabic Service as head of Drama, and as a columnist for the London Arabic newspaper Al Majalla. Salih later worked as director general at the Ministry of Information in Doha, Qatar, in the Arabian Gulf, and then at UNESCO in Paris and as that organization’s representative in the Arab States of the Persian Gulf. Besides The Wedding of Zein, his works translated into English and more than 30 other languages, include Season of Migration to the North (1966) and Bandarshah I (1971) and Bandarshah II (1976). In 2001, Season of Migration to the North was proclaimed as the most important Arabic novel of the 20th century by Damascus-based Arab Literary Academy, and was voted among the 100 greatest books in history. Most of his works centre on communal rural life in his hometown, which is a reflection of his humble background. He spent most of his life outside of his native Sudan, settling in London with his Scottish wife Julia Maclean and their three daughters. He died on February 18, 2009.
Source :
thefamouspeople.com, (accessed August 4, 2021).
Flood, Alison, “Sudanese novelist Tayeb Salih dies aged 80”, The Guardian, Feb. 19, 2009 (accessed: August 4, 2021).
Bio prepared by Eleanor A. Dasi, University of Yaounde I, wandasi5@yahoo.com
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