Haddis Alemayehu
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Haddis Alemayehu (15 October 1910 - 6 December 2003) was a Foreign Minister and novelist from Ethiopia. His Fiqir Iske Meqabir (Love to the Grave, 1968) is considered a classic of modern Ethiopian literature.
[edit] List of publications
- Y-Abeša-nna Ye-Wedehʷala gabičča (The Marriage of Ethiopia and the Future)
- Teret Teret Ye-Meseret, 1948 Ethiopian calendar (=Eth. Cal.)
- Fiqir Iske Meqabir (Love to the Grave), Bərhanənna Sälam Printing Press, 1958 Eth. Cal.
- Wenǧeläñña Dañña (The Criminal Judge), Addis Abeba:nəgd Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1974 Eth. Cal.
- Ye-Ilm Ižat, Addis Abeba:nigd Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1980 Eth. Cal.
- Tizzita (Memories), Addis Abeba:Artistic Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1985 Eth. Cal.
[edit] References
- Thomas L. Kane. Ethiopian Literature in Amharic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1975. ISBN 3-447-01675-2
- Hailu Fulass, "Realism in Haddis Alemayehu", in: Taddesse Adera & Ali Jimale Ahmed, Silence is not golden : a critical anthology of Ethiopian literature. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press 1995. ISBN 0-932415-46-6. ISBN 0-932415-47-4.
- Reidulf K. Molvaer. Black Lions: the creative lives of modern Ethiopia's literary giants and pioneers. Lawrenceville, NJ: Red Sea Press 1997. ISBN 1-56902-016-7. ISBN 1-56902-017-5.
[edit] External links
- Africa database
- All Africa
- FiQir Iske MeQabir - An Ethiopian Masterpiece, a book review by Haeran Fisseha in Seleda Journal website (Vol. II, Issue VII, January 2001).
- "Grateful, forever (A tribute to a literary giant - Haddis Alemayehu)", a poem by Kiros Berhane (December, 2003), in Meskot Online Literary Journal.
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