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 Mkuu wa Waandishi Wasudani, uliomba Al Tayeb Saleh apewe nafasi ya kwanza ya kushinda Tuzo ya Fasihi ya 2009.