Mohammed Abed Elhai

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Mohammed Abed Elhai
Background information
Birth name	Mohammed Abed Elhai Mahm'od
Born	11 January 1944
Origin	Khartoum, Sudan
Died	23 August 1989
Occupation(s)	Lecturer inKhartoum University,head of Culture Corporation(Sudan)
Years active	mid of 1960s -1980s

Mohammed Abed El-hai Mahm'od (11 January 1944-23 August 1989) Arabic 'محمد عبد الحي , was a Sudanese writer and academic. One of the well known of first generation of post-colonial and regarded as a pioneer of modern poetry school in Sudan.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Works 4 References 5 See Also

[edit] Early life

Mohammed was born in Khartoum on 11 January 1944 .His father worked as asurveyor ,because of the work nature of Mohammed 's father as a civil servant which imposed to moved in the difference regions around Sudan ,like Nuba Mountains Region,El-Renk town inUpper NileState ,Blue Nile regions,Wad Medani town ,Korti and Abu Hamad in Northern State and Mohammed was accompanied his father in all these regions which let him understand Sudan as a diversity culture country and multiracial which also had a great influence later in Mohammed Abed elhai poetry which focuses on the dilemma of identity in Sudan .His Mother Ezeiza Ismail Fouzi (b.1924) and her father was a surveyor and also wrote a poetry as well as his son Saad,so Mohammed Abed elhai was family had a heritage of poetry writing.His mother said about her son :Since he was a child he had so fond of reading , like example El-Sobiaan(The Kids) Sudanese Childern magazine and other magazine from outside Sudna ,and he started writing a poetry about life and nature when he was so young when his father know that he stopped him to do that because his father feared that may would lead to Mohammed fail in School.Later his father let Mohmmed to be a free to writing when his friend Jamal Mohammed Ahmed the Sudanese ambassador in Lebanon at that time Jmmal told his father that there are many Lebanese poets asked about Mohammed and his poetry.He became serious in writing a poetry when he was in secondary school in Hentoob School closed toWad Medani.

[edit] Career

Mohammed began his career study medicine, but changed his area of study to art because had a great desire in art,so Mohammed joined Khartoum University in 1962 .In 1963 Mohammed wrote his first poetry it just as a congratulation to his sister about her marriage.Also wrote and recited a poetry about El-Gorashy and his poetry title (Areiss elmagged) or Groom of Glory,he recited this poetry while El-Gorashy had been buried after Mohammed got a permission from his El-Gorashy's mother .When he joined the university in 1962 he became one of well-known poet in the university and outside the university and he wrote also in many Sudanese newspapers like Al-Rayaam Newspaper on the page of called El-jamaa'a or the university.In 1963 his He released one of his prominent and brilliant work in poetry "Alawada alla Sennar" The Return Back to Sennar which published first in Al-Rayaam Newspaper then published in Egyptian Mejalaat Elshe'r or Poetry Magazine and in one of the Lebanese magazine and Alawada alla Sennar focus on the Sudanese identity between Islam/Arab culture in side and Negros in other side and used Kingdom of Sennar as a historical symbolic and how it founded by both culture Arab and Negros,he also used a hertiage of sufisim and mythology inKingdom of Sennar in his poetry, or by other word he gave Sennar the view or sense of Bablyon and also his work Alawada alla Sennar regarded by many critics today as a brilliant and genius because in added to his literature value Abed elhai work in dilemma of identity in Sudan which currently lead to a mass conflict and ethnic clashes according to a point of view of many critics.

Mohammed abedelhai awarded Bachelor of Arts from Khartoum University with honour degree second upper in 1967, then appointed in University of Khartoum as teaching assistance in English department then got a scholarship and send to England where Mohammed awarded Master of Arts in English literature from Leeds University in 1970 and Mohammed focuses in his research of Master degree about the an infame Scottish poet Edwin Muir.Mohammed Awarded PhD in English Literature from Oxford University in 1973 and his PhD focuses on the influence of thniking of American and English on romantic Arabic poetry. He was a Lecturer in Khartoum University and he had worked in Khartoum University as a head of English Department and also was a head of Translation Department.In early 1970s Mohammed collabretd with Yousif Ayd'aabi to edit the Culture attachment in Sah'afa Newspaper,which later abolished by Authority . Mohammed Abed elhai worked as a head of Cultural Corporation in 1976 until early 1980s. Then Mohammed Abedelhai returned back to Khartoum University in Faculty of Art (until he died ,where he founded the Addab magazine or Art which released by the Faculty of Art. Mohammed had four two daughters Shiraz and Reel and two sons Waddah and Mohammed Elmoatz. Mohammed Abedelhai was passed away on 23 of August 1989 in Soba University Hospital Hospital in Khartoum.

[edit] Works

• Alawada alla Sennar Return back to Sennar ,poetry collectionn,1963
• "Allaah fee Zemeen Elanoof" - Allah On The Time Of Violence ,poetry
• The complete poetry Work ,1999

[edit] References

• Documentry research by Dr. Naja'at Mahm'od Ahmed published in

http://www.sudanese.net/index.php?showtopic=54566

[edit] See Also

List of African writers (by country)