Tayeb Salih

Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese novelist, writer and journalist whose work explored the clash between East and West, often through a small village in Sudan. His novel Season of Migration to the North (1966) was considered one of the most significant works of modern Arabic literature. He also wrote Bandarshah and The Wedding of Zein, lived in Britain, Qatar and France, and worked for the BBC and UNESCO. Salih died in 2009.