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This is a list of prominent Sudanese writers.
Historians
Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022)
Islamic reformist writers
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im (born 1946) Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909–1985) Hassan al-Turabi (1932–2016)
Journalists, literary critics and editors
Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed (died 2006) Abdul Raheem Glailati Alfred Taban (1957–2019) Adil Babikir
Novelists and short story writers
Leila Aboulela (born 1964) Fatin Abbas Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin (born 1963) Malkat Ed-Dar Mohamed (1920–1969) Bushra Elfadil (born 1952), also poet Reem Gaafar (born 1982), also non-fiction writer Ibrahim Ishaq (1946–2021) Ali El-Makk (1937–1992), also translator and poet Jamal Mohammed Ibrahim, also poet Jamal Mahjoub (born 1960), British writer with Sudanese roots Rania Mamoun (born 1979) Ra'ouf Mus'ad (born 1937), also connected with Egypt Hamed al-Nazir (born 1975) Tayeb Salih (1929–2009) Sabah Sanhouri (born 1990) Mansour El Souwaim (born 1970) Amir Taj al-Sir (born 1960) Hammour Ziada (born 1977)
Poets
Muhammad Ahmad Mahgoub (1908–1976) Al-Tijani Yusuf Bashir (1912–1937) Gely Abdel Rahman (1931–1990) Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–1993) Muhammed El-Faytori (1936–2015) Ibrahim 'Ali Salman (1937–1995) Abed Elrahim Abu Zakrra (1943–1989) Mohammed Abdul-Hayy (1944–1989) Mahjoub Sharif (1948–2014) Al-Saddiq Al-Raddi (born 1969) Mohammed Abdalbari (born 1985) Safia Elhillo (born 1990) Najlaa Eltom (born 1975) Muhammad al-Mahdi al-Majdhub (1919–1982)
Political writers Abel Alier (born 1933) Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim (1933–2017) Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (1939–2022) Sadiq al-Mahdi (1936–2020) Abdel Khaliq Mahjub (died 1971) Muhammad Ibrahim Nugud (1930–2012) Muhammad Sa'id al-Qaddal (1935–2008)
Satirical writers
Jaafar Abbas
See also List of Sudanese people Sudanese literature