Born in the north of Sudan in 1960, acclaimed author Amir Tag Elsir divides his time between his prolific literary career and his busy physician’s clinic. He has published ten novels, two biographies and several collections of poetry, and was short-listed for the 2011 Arab Booker Prize for his novel Hunter of the Chrysalises and long-listed in 2014 for 366. His works have been translated into numerous different languages, including English, French and Italian.
Amir Tagelsir
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