Salah Ahmed Ibrahim

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim(1933 in Omdurman-15 May1993), Arabic صلاح أحمد إبراهيم, was a Sudanese writer, poet and diplomat.

Writing

Salah Ibrahim was described in 1963 as the most important Sudanese poet of his generation, and that: "in his poetry there is all the yearning, all the frustration of his generation. He writes his poetry with miraculous ease and beauty." [p. 40, Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire, "Sudan Notes and Records", Khartoum University Press, 1963] . Ibrahim was also noted for his socialist realist fiction, of which he was a notable proponent [p. 641, Helene Henderson, Laurie Lanzen Harris, Jay P. Pederson, "Twentieth-century Literary Movements Dictionary", 2000, Omnigraphics] .

Politics

Ibrahim graduated from Khartoum University, Faculty of Arts. He maintained an involvement in politics, and was eventually Sudanese Ambassador to Algeria [p. 276, Mom K. N. Arou, B. Yongo-Bure, "North-South relations in the Sudan since the Addis Ababa Agreement", 1989, Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum. Section reads:

"To begin with the relevant factors which are believed to be the causes of the North-South Conflict are remarkably fitted into the historical context in a poem entitled 'Malual', by Salah Ahmed Ibrahim, former Sudanese Ambassador to Algeria. The relevantparts of the poem read..."

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Works

*"Ga'be't El-Abanois", Arabic غابة الأبنوس or Ebony Forest, poetry collection.
*"Ga'dbet El-Heba'ba'y", Arabic غضبة الهبباى or Rage of El-Heba'ba'y, poetry collection.

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