Shu'arā' al-Sūdān

From the link[ http://www.sudaress.com/akhirlahza/5294]I read the following excerpts , " ومن المؤلفات الباكرة باللغة العربية كتاب شعراء السودان لمؤلفه سعد ميخائيل وقد صدر في عام (1923م)وصدرت طبعة جديدة فى هذا العام 2010" this could be translated into English as follows :" one of the early literature in Arabic poets is the book :Sudan's Poets , authored by Michael Saad, released in (1923) and a new edition is issued in the year 2010 "

اHe was a christian Sudanese poet