al-Tayyib Salih

Sudanese writer.

Born July 12th, 1929 in Sudan, Al Dabbah. [ref]

Died February 19th, 2009 at 79 years old in London (kidney failure). [ref]

Occupations
diplomat, journalist, novelist, writer
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Death must be so beautiful. To lie in the soft brown earth, with the grasses waving above one’s head, and listen to silence. To have no yesterday, and no to-morrow. To forget time, to forget life, to be at peace. Oscar Wilde