List of Sudanese writers

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This is a list of prominent Sudanese writers.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Historians

• Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022)

Islamic reformist writers

• Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946)
• Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909–1985)
• Hassan al-Turabi (1932–2016)

Journalists, literary critics and editors

• Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (died 2006)
• Abdul Raheem Glailati
• Alfred Taban (1957–2019)
• Adil Babikir

Novelists and short story writers

• Leila Aboulela (born 1964)
• Fatin Abbas
• Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963)
• Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed (1920–1969)
• Bushra Elfadil (born 1952), also poet
• Reem Gaafar (born 1982), also non-fiction writer
• Ibrahim Ishaq (1946–2021)
• Ali El-Makk (1937–1992), also translator and poet
• Jamal Mohammed Ibrahim, also poet
• Jamal Mahjoub (born 1960), British writer with Sudanese roots
• Rania Mamoun (born 1979)
• Ra'ouf Mus'ad (born 1937), also connected with Egypt
• Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975)
• Tayeb Salih (1929–2009)
• Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990)
• Mansour El Souwaim (born 1970)
• Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960)
• Hammour Ziada (born 1977)

Poets

• Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976)
• Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937)
• Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990)
• Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–1993)
• Muhammed El-Faytori (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 (born 1969)
• Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985)
• Safia Elhillo (born 1990)
• Najlaa Eltom (born 1975)
• Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Majdhub (1919–1982)

Political writers

• Abel Alier (born 1933)
• Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–2017)
• Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022)
• Sadiq al-Mahdi (1936–2020)
• Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (died 1971)
• Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930–2012)
• Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008)

Satirical writers

• Jaafar Abbas

See also

• List of Sudanese people
• Sudanese literature