Writers

Poets:

Al-ssadiq Al-raddi (1969 - )
 Al-ssadiq has been publishing poetry since he was 15 when his poem The Wind was published in the literary journal Al-Shawa. Al-ssadiq was awarded the prize of Youth Poets in 1986 and in the same year he got a member of Sudanese Writers Union. Al-ssadiq works as an editor in many Sudanese Newspapers, like Alhoria (freedom), Aladwaa, Al Ayam (The Days) and currently works in Al-sudani newspaper as head of cultural editor department.

Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943 - 1989)
 Abed Elrahim was born in the small village of Tangassi El-soeq in Northern, Sudan, close to Meroë town (which is different from the historical Meroë). He got his primary education in his homeland, but went to Kosti in White Nile State for his intermediate education. He also attended secondary school in Khorr Taqatt Secondary School in North Kurdufan State, Western Sudan.

Abed Elrahim joined the People's Friendship University of Russia in Moscow where he received a master's degree in Russian Language and Literature. In 1971, he received a degree in Bilingual Arabic-Russian translation. He worked as the secretary-editor (1976–1978) and supervisor in the Sudanese Culture Magazine by Arabic Al-thaqaaffa El-ssoddaneia (الثقافة السودانية), which was published in Khartoum (it's stopped for more than two decades ago), he worked as a temporary lecturer in Khartoum University in the art faculty. Abed Elrahim awarded a Ph.D in Philosophy of Language from Academy of Science in Moscow in 1987.

Novelists:

Leila Aboulela (1964 - )
 Born in 1964 Cairo, Egypt, Aboulela grew up in Khartoum, Sudan, where she attended the Khartoum American School and Sister School. She graduated from Khartoum University in 1985 with a degree in Economics and was awarded an MSc and an MPhil degree in Statistics from the London School of Economics.

 She was awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing in 2000 for her short story The Museum included in her collection of short stories Coloured Lights. Her novel The Translator was nominated for the Orange Prize and was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times in 2006. Her second novel Minaret was nominated for the Orange Prize and the IMPAC Dublin Award. Her latest novel Lyrics Alley is set in the Sudan of the 1950s and was long-listed for the Orange Prize 2011.

Tayeb Salih (1929 - 2009)
  Born in the Northern Province of Sudan, he studied at the University of Khartoum before leaving for the University of London in England. Coming from a background of small farmers and religious teachers, his original intention was to work in agriculture. However, excluding a brief spell as a schoolmaster before coming to England, his working life was in broadcasting.

 Salih achieved immediate acclaim when his novel Season of Migration to the North was first published in Arabic, in Beirut in 1966. In 2001, this was declared “the most important Arabic novel of the 20th century” by the Syrian-based Arab Literary Academy in Damascus. His works have been translated from Arabic into more than 20 languages.