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Tayeb Salih

Born

in Merowe, al-Dabba, Sudan

January 01, 1929

Died

February 18, 2009

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Politics

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The Sudanese writer al-Tayyib Salih (Arabic: الطيب صالح)has been described as the "genius of the modern Arabic novel." He has lived abroad for most of his life, yet his fiction is firmly rooted in the village in which he spent his early years. His most well-known work is the modern classic Mawsim al-hijra ila’l-shamal (1967; Season of Migration to the North), which received great critical attention and brought new vitality to the Arab novel.

Salih has not been a prolific writer; his early work, including Season of Migration to the North, remains the best of his oeuvre. He has received critical acclaim in both the west and the east. In Sudan he is without rival, and his writing has played a considerable part in drawing attention to Sudanese l The Sudanese writer al-Tayyib Salih (Arabic: الطيب صالح)has been described as the "genius of the modern Arabic novel." He has lived abroad for most of his life, yet his fiction is firmly rooted in the village in which he spent his early years. His most well-known work is the modern classic Mawsim al-hijra ila’l-shamal (1967; Season of Migration to the North), which received great critical attention and brought new vitality to the Arab novel.

Salih has not been a prolific writer; his early work, including Season of Migration to the North, remains the best of his oeuvre. He has received critical acclaim in both the west and the east. In Sudan he is without rival, and his writing has played a considerable part in drawing attention to Sudanese literature. Arabic literature has been dominated by social criticism, social realism, and committed literature depicting the bitter realities of life; Salih managed to break with this trend and return to the roots of his culture, capturing the mystery, magic, humor, sorrows, and celebrations of rural life and popular religion.

الطيب صالح أديب عربي من السودان ولد عام (1348هـ - 1929م ) في إقليم مروي شمالي السودان بقرية كَرْمَكوْل بالقرب من قرية دبة الفقراء وهي إحدى قرى قبيلة الركابية التي ينتسب إليها. عاش مطلع حياته وطفولته في ذلك الإقليم, وفي شبابه انتقل إلى الخرطوم لإكمال دراسته فحصل من جامعتها على درجة البكالوريوس في العلوم. سافر إلى إنجلترا حيث واصل دراسته, وغيّر تخصصه إلى دراسة الشؤون الدولية.
تنقل الطيب صالح بين عدة مواقع مهنية فعدا عن خبرة قصيرة في إدارة مدرسة، عمل الطيب صالح لسنوات طويلة من حياته في القسم العربي لهيئة الإذاعة البريطانية, وترقى بها حتى وصل إلى منصب مدير قسم الدراما, وبعد استقالته من البي بي سي عاد إلى السودان وعمل لفترة في الإذاعة السودانية, ثم هاجر إلى دولة قطر وعمل في وزارة إعلامها وكيلاً ومشرفاً على أجهزتها. عمل بعد ذلك مديراً إقليمياً بمنظمة اليونيسكو في باريس, وعمل ممثلاً لهذه المنظمة في الخليج العربي. ويمكن القول أن حالة الترحال والتنقل بين الشرق والغرب والشمال والجنوب أكسبته خبرة واسعة بأحوال الحياة والعالم وأهم من ذلك أحوال أمته وقضاياها وهو ما وظفه في كتاباته وأعماله الروائية وخاصة روايته العالمية "موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال".
كتب العديد من الروايات التي ترجمت إلى أكثر من ثلاثين لغة وهي « موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال» و«عرس الزين» و«مريود» و«ضو البيت» و«دومة ود حامد» و«منسى».. تعتبر روايته "موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال" واحدة من أفضل مائة رواية في العالم .. وقد حصلت على العديد من الجوائز .. وقد نشرت لأول مرة في اواخر الستينات من القرن ال-20 في بيروت وتم تتويجه ك"عبقري الادب العربي". في عام 2001 تم الاعتراف بكتابه على يد الاكاديميا العربية في دمشق على انه "الرواية العربية الأفضل في القرن ال-20.) أصدر الطيب صالح ثلاث روايات وعدة مجموعات قصصية قصير ...more

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Average rating: 3.71 · 42,339 ratings · 5,651 reviews · 30 distinct works • Similar authors

	Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, Denys Johnson-Davies (Translator) 3.72 avg rating — 33,679 ratings — published 1966 — 79 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	عرس الزين by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 3.68 avg rating — 4,066 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	دومة ود حامد by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 3.54 avg rating — 1,114 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	مريود by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 3.49 avg rating — 761 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	منسي: إنسان نادر على طريقته by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ضو البيت: بندرشاه by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 3.55 avg rating — 683 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	الطيب صالح - الأعمال الكاملة by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 4.15 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	وطني السودان by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 4.10 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	في صحبة المتنبي ورفاقه by Tayeb Salih, الطيب صالح 4.16 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 2005	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Season of Migration to the North and The Wedding of Zein by Tayeb Salih, Denys Johson-Davies (Translator) 4.04 avg rating — 112 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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بندرشاه (2 books)
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Quotes by Tayeb Salih (?)

“ياللسخرية .. الإنسان لمجرد أنه خلق عند خط الاستواء ،بعض المجانين يعتبرونه عبداً وبعضهم يعتبره إلهاً .أين الاعتدال؟! أين الاستواء
؟!”
― الطيب صالح, موسم الهجرة إلى الشمال

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“نحن بمقاييس العالم الصناعي الأوروبي فلاحون فقراء لكني حين أعانق جدي احس بالغنى كأنني نغمة من دقات الكون نفسه”
― الطيب صالح

tags: الطيب-صالح-أقوال

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“إنك يا سيد مصطفى سعيد رغم تفوقك العلمي رجل غبي، إن في تكوينك الروحي بقعة مظلمة، لقد بددت أعظم طاقة يمنحها الله للناس : طاقة الحب”
― الطيب صالح, Season of Migration to the North

tags: الحب, السعادة, الطيب-صالح, الله, الناس, ذكاء, طاقة, غباء

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Polls

November 2014 New School Classics Poll

1920, The Age of Innocence byEdith Wharton, 305 pages

19 votes, 14.1%

1911, Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie, 155 pages

19 votes, 14.1%

1970, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou, 291 pages

14 votes, 10.4%

1997, Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden, 428 pages

13 votes, 9.6%

1962, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, 211 pages

10 votes, 7.4%

1985, Blood Meridian, or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy, 337 pages

10 votes, 7.4%

1998, The Poisonwood Bible, by Barbara Kingsolver, 546 pages

9 votes, 6.7%

1908, The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton, 198 pages

8 votes, 5.9%

1993, Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernières, 437 pages

7 votes, 5.2%

1994, Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier, 449 pages

7 votes, 5.2%

1956, Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin, 159 pages

5 votes, 3.7%

1914, Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham, 684 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1920, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis, 454 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1960, The Moviegoer by Walker Percy, 242 pages

3 votes, 2.2%

1939, How Green Was My Valleyby Richard Llewellyn, 448 pages

2 votes, 1.5%

1985, The Postman: Il Postino by Antonio Skármeta, 128 pages

2 votes, 1.5%

1966, Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, 176 pages

1 vote, 0.7%

135 total votes

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