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Tayeb Salih


Born
in Merowe, al-Dabba, Sudan
January 01, 1929

Died
February 18, 2009

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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
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Season of Migration to the ...

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عرس الزين

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3.68 avg rating — 4,025 ratings — published 1969 — 20 editions
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دومة ود حامد

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3.54 avg rating — 1,107 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions
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مريود

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3.49 avg rating — 758 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions
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منسي: إنسان نادر على طريقته

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ضو البيت: بندرشاه

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3.55 avg rating — 680 ratings — published 1971 — 3 editions
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الطيب صالح - الأعمال الكاملة

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4.15 avg rating — 351 ratings — published 1984 — 6 editions
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وطني السودان

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4.10 avg rating — 171 ratings — published 2005
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في صحبة المتنبي ورفاقه

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4.15 avg rating — 124 ratings — published 2005
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للمدن تفرد وحديث: الشرق

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3.96 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions
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ضو البيت: بندرشاه مريود
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البحور والأوزان المضيئون كالنجوم: من أعلام ... للمدن تفرد وحديث: الشرق للمدن تفرد وحديث: الغرب في صحبة المتنبي ورفاقه في رحاب الجنادرية وأصيلة وطني السودان
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Quotes by Tayeb Salih  (?)
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“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

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

“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

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