Earlier this year, The General Union for Sudanese Writers, requested Al Tayeb Saleh to be preliminarily nominated to win the 2009 Literature Noble Prize.
Mapema mwaka huu, Muungano wa Waandishi wa Sudani, waliomba Al Tayeb Saleh atunukiwe Nishani ya Fasihi ya Nobeli kwa mwaka 2009.