Tayeb Salih Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Tayeb Salih Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Tayeb Salih Facts

Full Name	Tayeb Salih
Birthdate	July 12, 1929
Birth Place	Al Dabbah, Sudan
Age (in 2024)	95 Years Old
Zodiac	Cancer
Occupation	Novelist

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Tayeb Salih Age & Birthday

Tayeb Salih is best known as Novelist who has born on July 12, 1929 in Al Dabbah, Sudan. Currently, Tayeb Salih is 95 years, 5 months and 3 days old. Tayeb Salih will celebrate 96th birthday on Saturday, 12th of July 2025. Below the countdown to Tayeb Salih upcoming birthday.

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Tayeb Salih Biography

About

The author of Season of Migration to the North and The Wedding of Zein, he is one of Sudan's best-known fiction writers. He also worked for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

Before Fame

After graduating from the University of London, he worked in broadcasting and briefly taught school. For over a decade, he wrote a column for an Arabic newspaper based in London.

Trivia

Both the Tayeb Salih Innovative Novel Writing Prize and the Altayeb Salih Prize for Creative Writing were named in his honor.

Family Life

He grew up in the small village of Al Dabah in Sudan's Northern Province.

Associated With

His novel, The Season of Migration to the North, has been compared to Heart of Darkness, a classic novel by Joseph Conrad .

Top Asked Questions about Tayeb Salih

How old is Tayeb Salih in 2024?

Tayeb Salih is 95 years old today.

When was Tayeb Salih born?

Tayeb Salih was born on July 12, 1929 in Al Dabbah, Sudan.

What is Tayeb Salih zodiac sign?

Tayeb Salih zodiac sign is Cancer.

What was Tayeb Salih best known for?

Tayeb Salih was best known as Novelist.

Fun Facts about Tayeb Salih's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Tayeb Salih's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Tayeb Salih was born on Friday, 193^rd day / 28^th week of 1929
Tayeb Salih has Cancer zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Tayeb Salih birthday is XII.VII.MCMXXIX
Tayeb Salih's birthstone is Ruby
Tayeb Salih's birth flower is Water Lily that symbolize joyful, fickleness, sweet & magic
Tayeb Salih age in year is 95 years old
Tayeb Salih age in month is 1145 months old
Tayeb Salih age in day is 34855 days old
Tayeb Salih age in hour is 836520 hours old
Tayeb Salih age in minute is 50191200 minutes old
Tayeb Salih age in second is 3011472000 seconds old
Next Tayeb Salih birthday is on Saturday, July 12th 2025
Tayeb Salih age in next birthday (2025) is 96 years old
Learn more interesting facts about July 12, 1929 birthday

Historical Events on Tayeb Salih Birthday (July 12)

Below are historical events that coincided with Tayeb Salih's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1962	The Rolling Stones perform for the first time at London's Marquee Club.
1963	Pauline Reade, 16, disappears in Gorton, England, the first victim in the Moors murders.
1967	Riots begin in Newark, New Jersey.
1971	The Australian Aboriginal Flag is flown for the first time.
1973	A fire destroys the entire sixth floor of the National Personnel Records Center of the United States.
1975	São Tomé and Príncipe declare independence from Portugal.
1979	The island nation of Kiribati becomes independent from the United Kingdom.
1995	Chinese seismologists successfully predict the 1995 Myanmar-China earthquake, reducing the number of casualties to 11.
1998	The Ulster Volunteer Force attacked a house in Ballymoney, County Antrim, Northern Ireland with a petrol bomb, killing the Quinn brothers.
2001	Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched on mission STS-104, carrying the Quest Joint Airlock to the International Space Station.
2006	The 2006 Lebanon War begins.
2007	U.S. Army Apache helicopters engage in airstrikes against armed insurgents in Baghdad, Iraq, where civilians are killed; footage from the cockpit is later leaked to the Internet.
2012	Syrian Civil War: Government forces target the homes of rebels and activists in Tremseh and kill anywhere between 68 and 150 people.
2012	A tank truck explosion kills more than 100 people in Okobie, Nigeria.
2013	Six people are killed and 200 injured in a French passenger train derailment in Brétigny-sur-Orge.
1989	The birth of Nick Palmieri, American ice hockey player
1990	The birth of Bebé, Portuguese footballer
1990	The birth of Rachel Brosnahan, American actress
1991	The birth of Salih Dursun, Turkish footballer
1991	The birth of James Rodríguez, Colombian footballer
1992	The birth of Bartosz Bereszyński, Polish footballer
1993	The birth of Kurt Capewell, Australian rugby league player
1994	The birth of Kanako Momota, Japanese singer-songwriter
1995	The birth of Evania Pelite, Australian rugby union player
1995	The birth of Luke Shaw, English footballer
1995	The birth of Jordyn Wieber, American gymnast
1996	The birth of Moussa Dembélé, French footballer
1996	The birth of Jordan Romero, American mountaineer
1997	The birth of Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani-English activist, Nobel Prize laureate
2000	The birth of Vinícius Júnior, Brazilian footballer
2013	The death of Alan Whicker, Egyptian-English journalist (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Jamil Ahmad, Pakistani author (b. 1931)
2014	The death of Nestor Basterretxea, Spanish painter and sculptor (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Emil Bobu, Romanian politician (b. 1927)
2014	The death of Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist and author (b. 1919)
2014	The death of Kenneth J. Gray, American soldier and politician (b. 1924)
2014	The death of Valeriya Novodvorskaya, Russian journalist and politician (b. 1950)
2015	The death of D'Army Bailey, American lawyer, judge, and actor (b. 1941)
2015	The death of Chenjerai Hove, Zimbabwean journalist, author, and poet (b. 1956)
2015	The death of Tenzin Delek Rinpoche, Tibetan monk and activist (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Cheng Siwei, Chinese engineer, economist, and politician (b. 1935)
2016	The death of Goran Hadžić, Serbian politician (b. 1958)
2019	The death of Emily Hartridge, English Youtuber and television presenter (b. 1984)
2020	The death of Kelly Preston, American actress and model (b. 1962)
2020	The death of Wim Suurbier, a Dutch football player, (b. 1945)

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