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The Complete Poems of the Sudanese poet Al-Nour Othman Abbkar (1938-2009)
Al-Nour Othman Abbkar was a poet, writer, and translator in Arabic, English, and German. He received his elementary and intermediate education in Port Sudan, and his secondary education in Hantoub School, Madani. He joined the University of Khartoum, Faculty of Arts, to graduate in 1962. Immediately after graduating, Al-Nour immigrated to Germany and lived there until 1965, then he traveled to England to study at the University of Leeds and obtained a diploma in teaching English as a second language in 1970. He returned to Sudan to work as an English language teacher in several secondary schools. He served as the Chairman of the Poetry Committee affiliated with the National Council for Literature and Arts from 1970-1979. In 1979, he immigrated to Qatar to work as a senior editor for Doha Magazine, and then as a journalist and translator with the Emiri Diwan until his death. He published many poetry collections, including “Awakening of Forgotten Words” 1970, “Singing for the Grass and the Flower” 1975, “I Imbibe Your Face” and “The River is Not Like Clouds”. His other writing activities traversed many fields, including translating many books from English and German, such as the play “Romanov and Juliet”; “Prim’s Travels in Sudan” and Gustav Nachtigal ” and “Darfur and Waddi“.
Al-Jozouli is a prominent lawyer, poet, art critic, and human rights activist. He studied Law and International Relations at the Faculty of International Law and International Relations, Kyiv University, Ukraine. He has published several collections of poetry, the most famous of which is “Omdurman Comes on the Eighth Hour Train”. He has published several books and articles on topics ranging from culture and politics, literature and literary criticism, to issues of peace, democracy, civil war, and human rights. He is one of the founding members of the Sudanese Writers Union and held the position of its Secretary General until 2007.
Nour was born in 1948 in El Fasher, Darfur and obtained his bachelor’s degree at Omdurman Islamic University in 1972. He has multiple contributions to the cultural and literary Sudanese scene, including articles for newspapers and magazines. He is the author of a number of poetry collections, including: “Rhythms of Unbridled Time” 1974; “Trees of Great Questions” and “Yours is the Meaning Ours is the Song,” both published in 1984 and “Classified Papers on the Events after Al-Bassous War”, 2012. He won the First Poetry Award for Youth in 1973, and the State Medal for Literature and Arts 1979.
The Complete Poems of the Sudanese poet Al-Nour Othman Abbkar (1938-2009)
The Complete Poems of the Sudanese poet Al-Nour Othman Abbkar (1938-2009)
Al-Nour Othman Abbkar was a poet, writer, and translator in Arabic, English, and German. He received his elementary and intermediate education in Port Sudan, and his secondary education in Hantoub School, Madani. He joined the University of Khartoum, Faculty of Arts, to graduate in 1962. Immediately after graduating, Al-Nour immigrated to Germany and lived there until 1965, then he traveled to England to study at the University of Leeds and obtained a diploma in teaching English as a second language in 1970. He returned to Sudan to work as an English language teacher in several secondary schools. He served as the Chairman of the Poetry Committee affiliated with the National Council for Literature and Arts from 1970-1979. In 1979, he immigrated to Qatar to work as a senior editor for Doha Magazine, and then as a journalist and translator with the Emiri Diwan until his death. He published many poetry collections, including “Awakening of Forgotten Words” 1970, “Singing for the Grass and the Flower” 1975, “I Imbibe Your Face” and “The River is Not Like Clouds”. His other writing activities traversed many fields, including translating many books from English and German, such as the play “Romanov and Juliet”; “Prim’s Travels in Sudan” and Gustav Nachtigal ” and “Darfur and Waddi“.
Al-Jozouli is a prominent lawyer, poet, art critic, and human rights activist. He studied Law and International Relations at the Faculty of International Law and International Relations, Kyiv University, Ukraine. He has published several collections of poetry, the most famous of which is “Omdurman Comes on the Eighth Hour Train”. He has published several books and articles on topics ranging from culture and politics, literature and literary criticism, to issues of peace, democracy, civil war, and human rights. He is one of the founding members of the Sudanese Writers Union and held the position of its Secretary General until 2007.
Nour was born in 1948 in El Fasher, Darfur and obtained his bachelor’s degree at Omdurman Islamic University in 1972. He has multiple contributions to the cultural and literary Sudanese scene, including articles for newspapers and magazines. He is the author of a number of poetry collections, including: “Rhythms of Unbridled Time” 1974; “Trees of Great Questions” and “Yours is the Meaning Ours is the Song,” both published in 1984 and “Classified Papers on the Events after Al-Bassous War”, 2012. He won the First Poetry Award for Youth in 1973, and the State Medal for Literature and Arts 1979.
The Africa Institute (Sharjah, UAE)
Arabic
978-9948-810-57-5
17 x 25 cm, paperback
2022
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