International Prize for Arabic Fiction
Another Sudanese writer of international recognition is Amir Taj al-Sir, born in 1960. He has published more than a dozen books, including poetry and nonfiction. His first novel "Karmakul" came out in 1988, and his novel "The Hunter of the Chrysalises" was shortlisted for the 2011 International Prize for Arabic Fiction, mentored by the Booker Prize Foundation in London.