Ali El-Makk
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Ali El-Makk 🇸🇩

علي المك (Known as "Ali El-Makk")
Master Short Story Writer, Translator of African-American Literature, Cultural Dean of Khartoum
Born Feb 12, 1937 🇸🇩 Omdurman, Sudan
Passed Away Sep 18, 1992 Albuquerque, United States
Lifespan 55 years old
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"Omdurman is not built of mud and bricks; it is built of love, music, and the eternal whisper of the river."

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Beloved Sudanese author, master short story writer, and literary translator who captured the urban soul of Omdurman, translated James Baldwin and Langston Hughes into Arabic, and presided over the Sudanese Writers Union.

Biographical Record

Born in the historic capital of Omdurman, Ali El-Makk graduated from the University of Khartoum and earned his Master's in public administration from the University of Southern California. A passionate champion of African and Afro-Arab cultural dialogue, he translated masterpieces of the Harlem Renaissance into lyrical Arabic.

His short story collections (Al-Farouq al-Thani, Madinat min Turab) celebrated the bohemian cafés, folk musicians, and working-class families along the Nile. As Director of Khartoum University Press and President of the Sudanese Writers Union, his witty humanism made him one of Sudan's most revered modern cultural icons.

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Al-Bakri Cemetery
Omdurman, Sudan
GPS: 15.6500, 32.4833
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