Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra or AbuZikreea ( ar, عبد الرحيم ابو ذكري, born Abed Elrahim Ahmed Abed Elrahim, 1943 – December 1989) was a

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, poet, and translator.

Early life

Abed Elrahim was born in the small village of Tangassi El-soeq in

Northern, Sudan Northern ( ') is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 348,765 km² and an estimated population of 833,743 (2006). Northern Sudan was in ancient times Nubia. Jebel Uweinat is a mountain range in the area of the Egyptian ...

, close to Meroë town (which is different from the historical

Meroë Meroë (; also spelled ''Meroe''; Meroitic: or ; ar, مرواه, translit=Meruwah and ar, مروي, translit=Meruwi, label=none; grc, Μερόη, translit=Meróē) was an ancient city on the east bank of the Nile about 6 km north-east ...

). He got his primary education in his homeland, but he went to Kosti in

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State for his intermediate education. He also attended secondary school in Khorr Taqatt Secondary School in

North Kurdufan North Kordofan ( ar, شمال كردفان, Šamāl Kurdufān) is one of the 18 wilayat or states of Sudan. It has an area of 185,302 km2 and an estimated population of 2,920,890 (2008 census) (3,340,000 (2011 estimate)). El-Obeid is the ...

State, Western Sudan.

Career

Abed Elrahim joined the

People's Friendship University of Russia The Patrice Lumumba Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (Russian: Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы), also known as RUDN University and until 1992 and after Ma ...

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where he received a master's degree in

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and

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. In 1971, he received a degree in Bilingual Arabic-Russian

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. He worked as the secretary-editor (1976–1978) and supervisor in the Sudanese Culture Magazine by Arabic Al-thaqaaffa El-ssoddaneia (الثقافة السودانية), which was published in Khartoum (it's stopped for more than two decades ago), he worked as a temporary lecturer in

Khartoum University The University of Khartoum (U of K) ( ar, جامعة الخرطوم) is a public university located in Khartoum, Sudan. It is the largest and oldest university in Sudan. UofK was founded as Gordon Memorial College in 1902 and established in 1956 ...

in the art faculty. Abed Elrahim awarded a

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from

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in 1987. Abed Elrahim is regarded by critics as one of the prominent poets of Sudan, mostly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s. He died in

on 16 October 1989 after burning most of his poetry. His only published poetry was in the 1960s-1970s in many local magazines, as well as the Arab World Magazine.

Works

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' ( ar, الرحيل فى الليل; transliterated Alraheel fee El-lieiel) was published in 1973 by the U of K Publishing House. It is located in the

poetry collection.

References

Sudenese net

Albawaba,com

1943 births 1989 deaths 20th-century Sudanese poets Sudanese translators Peoples' Friendship University of Russia alumni 20th-century translators Sudanese expatriates in the Soviet Union {{Africa-translator-stub