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Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin
Native name
عبد العزيز بركة ساكن
Born1963 (age 61–62)
Kassala, Sudan
OccupationWriter, novelist
LanguageArabic
EducationBA in Business Administration
Alma materUniversity of Assiut, Egypt
Years active2000–present
Notable worksThe Messiah of Darfur, novel
Notable awardsAl-Tayeb Salih Prize for Creative Writing, Prix Les Afriques (2017)

Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (Arabic:عبد العزيز بركة ساكن, born in Kassala, Sudan, in 1963) is a Sudanese fiction writer with roots in Darfur in western Sudan, whose literary work was banned in Sudan in 2011.[1] Since 2012, he has lived in exile in Austria and later in France. He is mostly known for his novels The Messiah of Darfur and The Jungo, translated from the original Arabic into French, English, Spanish and German.[2]

According to Sudanese literary critic Lemya Shammat, "Sakin has repeatedly reflected on the complexity of human experience during conflict, reflecting the horrible mass of contradictions that war brings.”

  1. ^ "Sudan bans my books: Novelist Sakin charges – Arab – Books". Ahram Online. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Interview mit Grazer Stadtschreiber: "Ein Ort ist noch keine Heimat" | Kleine Zeitung". www.kleinezeitung.at. 19 January 2023.

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