Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin , also Gebre-Medhin ( Ethiopian ጸጋዬ ገብረ መድህን; born August 17, 1936 in Boda near Ambo , Ethiopia ; † February 25, 2006 in Manhattan , New York , NY ), was an Ethiopian writer.
He was a poet, playwright, essayist and artist. His mother tongue was Oromifa . In the 1940s he published various poems, plays, essays and lyrics. He wrote them in Amharic . His compatriots compared him to Shakespeare . He translated some of the works by Brecht and Molière into Amharic.
- In order to bring about a better future, one must learn from the past. You cannot build a future based on hatred because hatred is the enemy of hope.
- To achieve a better future, one has to learn from the past. You cannot build a future on hatred because hatred is the enemy of hope.
- Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin 1993 in The Ethiopian Review .
Since 1998 he has been treated for kidney disease in New York .
Publications
- 1957 Beig (autumn), drama
- 1959 Askeyami Lijagered (The Ugly Girl), drama
- 1963 Tartuffe ( Tartuffe ), adaptation by Molière
- 1965 Oda Oak Oracle , drama
- 1968 Hamlet ( Hamlet ), adaptation of Shakespeare
- 1975 Enat Alem Tenu ( Mother Courage ), adaptation by Brecht
- 1976 Abugida Transform , drama
- 1977 Collision of Altars , Drama
Web links
- List of plays on www.doollee.com
- Interview on ethiopianreview.homestead.com ( Memento from February 1, 2002 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gabre-Medhin, Tsegaye |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gebre-Medhin, Tsegaye |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ethiopian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th August 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Boda near Ambo , Ethiopia |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2006 |
| Place of death | Manhattan , New York , NY |