After a stint in teaching, journalism and broadcasting, he took to writing and authored some of the most acclaimed literary works. In a period when social criticism, bitter realities of life and committed literature dominated Arabic literature, he broke the monotony with his distinct ideologies of his cultural background and religious upbringing. Coming from a humble background of religious educators and small farmers, Tayeb Salih set his storylines grounded to his hometown, outlining the communal rural life.
He was often described as the ‘genius of the modern Arab novel’ by literary critics. Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese author who shot to fame through his novel ‘Season of Migration to the North’.
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