Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Tayeb Salih

Born: July 12, 1929
Died: February 18, 2009 (aged 79)
Bio: Tayeb Salih was a Sudanese writer.
Known for:
- Season of Migration to the North (1966)
- The Wedding of Zein (1962)
- The Wedding of Zein & Other Stories (1985)