Sebhat Gebre-Egziabher
Sebhat-Leab Gebre-Egziabher ( Amharic : ስብሐት ለአብ ገብረ እግዚአብሔር ; * 1936 in Adwa , Tigray Province , Ethiopia ; † February 20, 2012 in Addis Ababa ) was an Ethiopian journalist and writer who was known in literary circles as the "father of short stories" applies in Ethiopia.
Life
Gebre-Egziabher graduated from the University of Addis Ababa after attending a Swedish mission school . He then worked as a librarian in Washington, DC between 1960 and 1961 . Between 1962 and 1964 he studied with a support grant of UNESCO sociology and philosophy at the University of Aix-en-Provence , where he is also known European writers such as Charles Dickens , Fyodor Dostoyevsky , Proust , François Rabelais , Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy , Mark Twain , François Villon , Evelyn Waugh and Émile Zola . His novel Letoom Aynegalign , written during this time, was also published in French under the title Les Nuits d'Addis-Abeba (2004).
After his return to Ethiopia, he worked as a journalist during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie , where he wrote a highly regarded column in the magazine Menen named after Empress Menen II .
After the fall of Emperor Haile Selassie in a military coup led by Mengistu Haile Mariam in 1974, Gebre-Egziabher became editor-in-chief of the state-owned publishing company Kuraz Publishing Agency and continued this activity until the end of Mengistu Haile Mariam's rule in 1991. During this time he was also responsible for the translation of Karl Marx 's Das Kapital into the Amharic language .
He then moved to Berhanena Selam Printing Press , where he wrote weekly columns for the daily Addis Zemen, which is published in Amharic . He also worked as an editor for the English-language daily newspaper The Ethiopian Herald .
While his manuscripts, written after his return from France, were not published because of their explicitly sexual subjects, his columns remained popular because of their brevity and entertainment value. This also led to his being known in literary circles as the "father of short stories" of Ethiopia.
Publications
His most famous works include books such as:
- Tekusat (1997)
- Säbatägnaw Mälak (1999)
- Mastawäsha (2001)
- Egrä Mängäd (2003)
- Seed and other short stories (2004).
Web links
- Literary identity of Sibhat Gebregiziabher
- The Legacies of Sebhat Gebre-egziabher , newsdire.com, June 12, 2010
- Entry in Open Library
- The famous Ethiopian author Sibhat Gebregziabher has passed away , newsdire.com, February 20, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gebre-Egziabher, Sebhat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gebre-Egziabher, Sebhat-Leab |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Adwa , Tigray Province , Ethiopia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 20, 2012 |
| Place of death | Addis Ababa |