Baraka Sakin

Baraka Sakin was born 1963 in Kassala city in Sudan. Considered to be a prominent Sudanese novelist, short-story writer, journalist and activist with international fame and recognition, he is well known for his creative works which have been translated into many international languages. Over the past years, he has been awarded a number of prestigious literary prizes including: Tayeb Salih Prize at the Khartoum Book Fair for his novel The Jungo – Stakes of the Earth, and recently the Ministry of Culture at France awarded him Grade de chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres 2023. In 2016, his novel The Messiah of Darfur was published in a French translation, followed by Les Jango in 2020. In France, he also published children's books as a multilingual edition in Arabic, English and French. Baraka’s works have been a source of controversial debates about power and social problems. Many of his books were confiscated by the Sudan government where he openly monitored and spoke about political and social taboos. He lives in exile in Austria where he has been nominated in Graz city for their artist-in-residence award. As an influential figure, Baraka has engaged in many cultural, international events across the globe. He’s written several novels and short story collections which have provided him with acclamation and acknowledgement in the world at large.