WRITER

Tayeb Salih

1929 - 2009

Photo of Tayeb Salih

Icon of person Tayeb Salih

Tayeb Salih (Arabic: الطيب صالح, romanized: aṭ-Ṭayyib Ṣāliḥ; 12 July 1929 – 18 February 2009) was a Sudanese writer, novelist, cultural journalist for the BBC Arabic programme as well as for Arabic journals, and a staff member of UNESCO. He is best known for his novel Season of Migration to the North, considered to be one of the most important novels in Sudanese Arabic literature. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tayeb Salih has received more than 267,439 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Tayeb Salih is the 2,636th most popular writer (up from 2,637th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Sudan (up from 14th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Sudanese Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.32

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 27

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.82

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Tayeb Salih ranks 2,636 out of 7,302. Before him are Józef Czapski, Matthias Claudius, Hella Haasse, Tian Han, Eric Carle, and Censorinus. After him are Sophia de Mello Breyner Andresen, Rahman Baba, Asadi Tusi, Richard Bandler, Mary Astell, and Duris of Samos.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Tayeb Salih ranks 185. Before him are Ronnie Biggs, Joe Pass, Peter Yates, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, Karl Koller, and Eric Carle. After him are Anna Walentynowicz, Edison Denisov, Christoph von Dohnányi, James McDivitt, Hind Rostom, and Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar. Among people deceased in 2009, Tayeb Salih ranks 120. Before him are Janet Jagan, Konstantin Feoktistov, Vyacheslav Ivankov, Karl Koller, Friaça, and Pierre Harmel. After him are Ken Annakin, Alda Merini, Zbigniew Religa, Béla Király, Eric Woolfson, and Rosanna Schiaffino.

Others Born in 1929

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2009

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sudan

Among people born in Sudan, Tayeb Salih ranks 12 out of 38. Before him are Josephine Bakhita (1868), John Garang (1945), Gaafar Nimeiry (1930), Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (1960), Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846), and Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab (1934). After him are Ibrahim Abboud (1900), Manute Bol (1962), Ismail al-Azhari (1901), Hassan Al-Turabi (1932), Abdalla Hamdok (1956), and Mahmoud Mohammed Taha (1909).

Others born in Sudan

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Sudan

Among writers born in Sudan, Tayeb Salih ranks 2. Before him are Luqman (-1100).

Sudanese born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous