Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin
Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin | |
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| Native name | عبد العزيز بركة ساكن |
| Born | 1963 (age 61–62) Kassala, Sudan |
| Occupation | Writer, novelist |
| Language | Arabic |
| Education | BA in Business Administration |
| Alma mater | University of Assiut, Egypt |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Notable works | The Messiah of Darfur, novel |
| Notable awards | Al-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. 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.
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.”