Born in Sudan in 1960, Amir Tag Elsir is a Sudanese writer. He studied medicine in Egypt and now works as a doctor in Qatar. From an early age he wrote poetry and has been writing novels since the 1980s. He has published over 30 books including novels, biographies and poetry. Some of his most well received titles have been The Dowry of Cries, The Copt's Worries and The French Perfume (all 2009) and The Crawling of the Ants (2010). His novel The Grub Hunter (2010) was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction (2011) before being translated into English and Italian. The novel 366 (2013) was longlisted for the prize in 2014 and was among the winners of the 2015 Katara Prize for the Arabic Novel. The Resort of the Enchantresses (2015) was also longlisted for the 2017 Prize. His works have been translated into several languages.
