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Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (; December 1933 – May 1993), was a Sudanese literary writer,
MoralHeroes, Retrieved 30 September 2016 He died in May 1993 in
Remembering Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, an Avant Garde Pioneer of Sudanese Poetry
article for Arablit.org by Adil Babikir {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Salah Ahmed 1933 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Sudanese poets Ambassadors of Sudan to Algeria People from Omdurman University of Khartoum alumni Academic staff of the University of Ghana Sudanese artists by century
Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (; December 1933 – May 1993), was a Sudanese literary writer, poet
A poet is a person who studies and creates poetry. Poets may describe themselves as such or be described as such by others. A poet may simply be the creator ( thinker, songwriter, writer, or author) who creates (composes) poems ( oral or wri ...
and diplomat. He is considered one of the most important Sudanese poets of the first generation after the country's independence, marking the transition from literary romanticism
Romanticism (also known as the Romantic movement or Romantic era) was an artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement that originated in Europe towards the end of the 18th century, and in most areas was at its peak in the approximate ...
to social realism
Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the real socio-political conditions of the working class as a means to critique the power structure ...
.
Life and political activity
Born in Omdurman, Ibrahim graduated from theUniversity of Khartoum
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 195 ...
, Faculty of Arts
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, and, from 1965 to 1966, taught at the Institute of African Studies at the University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities.
The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...
. He maintained an involvement in politics and was eventually appointed Sudanese Ambassador to Algeria
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His sister Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim ( ar, فاطمة احمد ابراهيم; – 12 August 2017), was a Sudanese writer, women's rights activist and socialist leader.
Early life
Ibrahim was born in Khartoum. Sources give her birth date variously as 20 Decemb ...
was a leading parliamentarian and a campaigner for women's rights.Fatima Ahmed IbrahimMoralHeroes, Retrieved 30 September 2016 He died in May 1993 in
Paris
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, France.
Literary works
In a literary study about Sudanese poetry, Salah Ibrahim was described as "the most important Sudanese poet of his generation", as "in his poetry, there is all the yearning, all the frustration of his generation. He writes his poetry with miraculous ease and beauty." Ibrahim was also noted for hissocialist realist
Socialist realism is a style of idealized realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and was the official style in that country between 1932 and 1988, as well as in other socialist countries after World War II. Socialist realism is ...
fiction, of which he was a notable proponent.
In an article published in May 2022, translator and editor of the compilation ''Modern Sudanese Poetry: an Anthology'', Adil Babikir
Adil Babikir () is a Sudanese literary critic and translator into and out of English and Arabic. He has translated several novels, short stories and poems by renowned Sudanese writers and edited the anthology ''Modern Sudanese Poetry''. He lives an ...
characterized the poetry of Salah Ahmed Ibrahim "as a mirror of major turbulences in his country and in Africa more generally". Further, Ibrahim was called "an outspoken campaigner against oppression and injustice and a strong voice in support of human rights and national aspirations". In the same article, Babikir published excerpts of Ibrahim's poems dealing with questions of identity, racism and political suppression in English translation.
Selected works
*''Gha'bat El-Abanois'', Arabic غابة الأبنوس or Ebony Forest, poetry collection. *''Gha'dbat El-Haba'y'', Arabic غضبة الهبباى or Rage of El-Heba'y, poetry collection.See also
* Sudanese literature *List of Sudanese writers
This is a list of prominent Sudanese writers.
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
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Remembering Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, an Avant Garde Pioneer of Sudanese Poetry
article for Arablit.org by Adil Babikir {{DEFAULTSORT:Ibrahim, Salah Ahmed 1933 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Sudanese poets Ambassadors of Sudan to Algeria People from Omdurman University of Khartoum alumni Academic staff of the University of Ghana Sudanese artists by century