Amir Tag Elsir’s The Grub Hunter was released this summer by Pearson in the U.K. Meanwhile, I don’t think there’s yet been movement on a U.S. edition: It was not Amir Tag Elsir’s plan to write a novel within a novel. When… Read More ›
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Sudanese Poetry, Artifacts, and Politics
This Thursday, October 18, Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi will be at London’s Mosaic Rooms to read poetry and talk about Sudanese objects: both ancient and contemporary. Organizers write that the Sudanese poet’s “work vividly reflects the complexity of his heritage as… Read More ›
Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi on Creativity, Politics, and Translation
En Liang Khong recently talked to Sudanese poet Al-Saddiq al-Raddi for the New Statesman; al-Raddi was recently fired as cultural editor of al-Sudani because of his politics. But, he told the NS: “…that won’t stop me from speaking my mind.”
Leila Aboulela on Why She Loves Tayib Salih’s ‘The Wedding of Zein’
PEN American recently invited writers, including Sudanese-British novelist Leila Aboulela, to a “great book swap,” where they were to bring “just one beloved book originally written in a foreign tongue.”
New in Translation: Hussein Habasch, Tarek al-Tayeb, Kamel Riahi, More
Jadaliyya‘s culture section has suddenly burst back into flower this new year, with work by three different poets, two novel excerpts, and a short story. NOVEL EXCERPTS A short excerpt of Kamel Riahi’s al-Ghurila (The Gorilla) has been translated here… Read More ›
Amir Tag al-Sir’s ‘Grub Hunter’ Newest Addition to African Writer Series
Yesterday, Pearson’s African Writers Series signed on Amir Tag al-Sir’s صائد اليرقات, translated by William Hutchins as The Grub Hunter.
Literatures of the Sudan: North and South
Recently, I’ve been trying to educate myself about literature from the Sudan(s). After all, her historic vote is just one small piece of the Sudan’s rich cultural history.
International Prize for Arabic Fiction Longlist Profiles: Amir Taj Al-Sir
Amir Taj Al-Sir (sometimes Amir Tagelsir or Amir Tag Elsir) is a Sudanese writer who currently lives and works in Doha, Qatar. He has published two biographies and one collection of poetry; this is his tenth novel.
Leila Aboulela’s ‘Missing Out’ in Granta (and Free Online)
Apparently today is the day of Arabs who write in English. I saw this on Susannah Tarbush’s Twitter account (thanks, Susannah): Egyptian-Sudanese author Leila Aboulela has a story in the summer 2010 issue of Granta, titled “Missing Out.” Subscribing to… Read More ›
Mansour El Souwaim on Literature in Sudan
Mansour El Souwaim was born in south Darfur in 1970, and thus must be one of the elders of the Beirut39 (39 “up and coming” Arabic authors under 40). El Souwaim has published two novels (the second of which won… Read More ›
