List of Sudanese writers

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This is a list of prominent Sudanese writers.

Novelists

• Amir Taj al-Sir (1960 – )
• Hammour Ziada (1977 – )
• Jamal Mahjoub (1960 – ), also connected with Great Britain
• Leila Aboulela (1964 – )
• Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed (1920–1969), also short story writer
• Mansour El Souwaim (1970 – )
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad (1937 – ), also connected with Egypt
• Tarek Eltayeb (1959 – ), also connected with Egypt
• Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)

Poets

• Rashad Hashim (1902–1948)
• Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976)
• Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937)
• Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990)
• Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–1993)
• Mohammed Moftahh Elfitory (1936–2015)
• Ibrahim 'Ali Salman (1937–1995)
• Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943–1989)
• Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989)
• Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014)
• Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (b. 1969)

Short story writers

• Ali EL-Maak (1937–1992), also translator and poet
• Bushra Elfadil (1952 – ), also poet

Political writers

• Abel Alier (1933 – )
• Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1933 – )
• Sadiq al-Mahdi (1936 – )
• Abdel Khaliq Mahjub ( – 1971)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930–2012)

Satirical writers

• Jaafar Abbas

Islamic reformist writers

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
• Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909–1985)
• Hassan al-Turabi

Journalists and editors

• Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed ( – 2006)
• Abdul Raheem Glailati
• Alfred Taban (1957 – )

See also

• List of Sudanese
• List of African writers by country