Amir Taj al-Sir

Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960) is a Sudanese medical doctor and novelist, writing in Arabic. He has published more than 20 works of poetry, biography and novels, some of these translated into English or other languages.[1] His novels deal with contemporary social issues, like poverty, the lives of refugees or diseases, such as Ebola.

Biography and literary career

Taj al-Sir was born in northern Sudan in 1960 and graduated from Tanta University in Egypt as a gynaecologist.[2]

His first novel Karmakul came out in 1988, and in 2015, he won the Katara Prize for Arabic Novel for his story of love and crime, entitled 366.[3] Several of his other novels were also shortlisted for the prestigious International Prize for Arabic Fiction.

According to literary critic M.A.Orthofer, in his novel Telepathy, he creates the fiction of "a successful Sudanese writer, who finds that his most recent novel, called Hunger's Hopes, turns out to be closer to real life than he had any reason to believe."[4] According to a review in Sudanese online magazine Andariya, his novels treat contemporary social issues "like the exploitation of the refugees and their harsh living conditions, and tackles the issue of poverty plaguing the citizens of the country."[5]

The Daily News Egypt commented that "Taj Al-Sir, a former poet who has written 10 novels, is widely regarded as a giant among Arabic fiction writers."[6]

He lives and works as a medical doctor in Doha, Qatar.

Selected works in English translation
  • The Grub Hunter (2012). Pearson Education. ISBN 978-0435134808
  • The Yelling Dowry (2013). Moment Digibooks Limited ISBN 978-1291452846
  • Telepathy (2016). Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation Publishing. ISBN 978-9927101892
  • Ebola '76 (2017). London: Darf Publishers. ISBN 9781850772743

See also

References
  1. https://www.arabicfiction.org/en/Amir-Tag-Elsir
  2. Author profile in Banipal website Archived March 17, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  3. Lynx Qualey, Marcia (2014-01-17). "366: A Novel of Love and Crime, Beautifully Told". ArabLit & ArabLit Quarterly. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  4. "Telepathy - Amir Tag Elsir". complete-review.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
  5. "On Dr. Amir Taj al-Sir's novel "The Witches Resort" by ElSheik Ali". Andariya. Retrieved 2021-01-01.
  6. "StackPath". dailynewsegypt.com. Retrieved 2020-08-15.
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