University (1983–1992). El-Makk was awarded a scholarship from American Fulbright Institution in 1988, and conducted research at the University of New Mexico, focussing on the translations of native American myths into Arabic. El-Makk worked as a supervisor with more than 20 postgraduate students in translation (Master and Ph.D.). He contributed in many congresses, seminars, and festivals around the world, including The International Congress of Poetry in Astroja in former Yugoslavia in 1971, The Seventh International Festival of Cinema in Moscow in 1971, The festival of Saudi Arabian Writers in Riyadh in 1983, and The Seminar of International Book in Cambridge University in 1990. He also contributed to many unions and councils as an example the member of the National Council of Art Auspice in 1974 and as same time the chairman of short stories and cinema and novel Committee, The chairman of Sudanese Music (one of the UNESCO branches) (1974–1985), the member of Council of lecturers of University of Khartoum (the highest academic institution in the university) (1983–1992), member of council Arab League Institution for translation in Algeria, the chief editor of Magallat Ala-Addab magazine, and the chairman of Sudanese Writers Union from 1986 until his death. Finally, he was a member of the Council of Art Faculty, and member of the Research Council of Art Faculty, and a member of Central Researches of the University of Khartoum. El-Makk also edited collections of Arabic poetry by Sudanese poets Khalil Farah and Abdallah Al-Banna. Selected works Poetry in Arabic A City of Dust (1974), translated from the original Medīna min al-turāb, by El-Fatih Mahjoub and Constance E. Berkley Short stories The Case (2005), included in Modern Arabic Fiction: An Anthology, edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi Forty-One Minarets, translated by Adil Babikir, on ArabLit. Short stories by other authors, translated from English to Arabic The Petit Bourgeois, translated as Al borogoizia alsageera, Arabic title البرجوازية الصغيرة in collaboration with Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (1958) In The Village, translated as Fee Algareeia, Arabic title فى القرية The Moon Sitting on the Yard of Its Home, translated as Al-Gammar Galis Fee Fanna Darihi, Arabic title القمر جالس فى فناء داره (1973 The Climb to the Bottom of the Town, translated as Al-soad alla asffel almedina, Arabic title الصعود الى أسفل المدينة The Fever of El-Dreiss, translated as Homma El-dreissa, Arabic title حمى الدريس See also Sudanese literature List of Sudanese writers References 1937 births 1992