Osman Waqialla
Osman Waqialla عثمان وقيع الله(* 1925 in Rufa'a , al-Jazira ; † January 4, 2007 ) was a Sudanese calligrapher.
He was born on the banks of the Blue Nile . He studied at Gordon Memorial College ( Khartoum ) and Camberwell College of Arts ( London ). He later studied with the master calligrapher Sayyid Muhammed Ibrahim in Egypt.
He worked as a teacher in Sudan and for the British company De La Rue .
He had a son with his first wife and two daughters with his last wife, the Chinese calligrapher Zhara. He died of malaria at the age of 81.
Individual evidence
- ^ "Osman Waqialla, Kaf ha ya ayn sadd, a calligraphic page" , The British Museum.
- ↑ Venetia Porter and Muhammad Ahmad Abdalla, "Osman Waqialla - A Sudanese calligrapher of international renown, he set a new benchmark in the Arabic canon" (obituary) , The Guardian , February 17, 2007.
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| SURNAME | Waqialla, Osman |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | عثمان وقيع الله (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Sudanese calligrapher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rufa'a , al-Jazeera - |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 2007 |