Ato addis alemayehu biography

He was born in Debre Markos, a Gojam Province noted for so many outstanding poets, where he had the traditional Ethiopian church education. He received modern education in Addis Ababa and taught at Swedish missionary school.  During Italy’s invasion he went to the war front and was caught and sent to Italy where he was imprisoned for seven years. After liberation he was released and returned home. He has also served as Foreign Minister, first secretary at the United Nations Office, Education Minster, Ethiopian Ambassador at the UN, England and Holland among others. Novelist Haddis Alemayehu  also wrote a lot of play and books among the list are; “Yeabesha ena Yewedehuala gabcha”( የአበሻናየወደኋላጋብቻ), Teret teret Yemeseret(ተረትተረትየመሰረት), Wenjelegnawu dagna(ወንጀለኛውዳኛ),Yelim Izat(የልምእዣት), Tizita(ትዝታ) and his knotted novel Fikir Eskemekabir(ፍቅርእስከመቃብር) which is one of the best of Amharic Literature ever. He was the recipient of the 1968 Haile Selassie I prize winner and was awarded an honorary doctorate by Addis Ababa University.



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Haddis Alemayehu

Haddis Alemayehu (transcrit également en français comme Addis Alemayou) (ሀዲስ ዓለማየሁ) ( - ) est un écrivain et homme politique éthiopien.

Il a notamment été diplomate (vice-ministre des Affaires étrangères, ambassadeur d'Éthiopie aux Nations unies, au Royaume-Uni et aux Pays-Bas) et ministre de l'Éducation (1952) et du Développement (1957-1958)[1]. Il a été sénateur de 1968 à 1974[1].

Son roman le plus célèbre, considéré comme un classique de la littérature éthiopienne moderne, s'intitule Fiqir Iske Meqabir[2].

Œuvres

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  • Y-Abesha-nna Ye-Wedehwala gabicha
  • Teret Teret Ye-Meseret, 1955
  • Fiqir Iske Meqabir (L’Amour jusqu’au tombeau), 1965 (traduit en français par Constantin Kaïtéris, éditions Pétra (d), 2021) (ISBN 978-2-84743-285-5)[2]
  • Wengelegna Dagna, 1981
  • Ye-Ilm Ižat, 1987
  • Tizzita (Mémoires), 1929

Références

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  • Thomas L. Kane. Ethiopian Literature in Amharic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1975. (ISBN 3-447-01675-2)
  • Hailu Fulass, « Realism in Hadd

    A Short Political Biography of Kibur Ato Haddis Alemayehu

    Vo l. 7(1), p p . 28-37, Ja nua ry, 2015 DO I:10.5897/ AJHC 2014.0201 Artic le Numb e r: D9EFDE949085 ISSN 2141-6672 C o p yrig ht © 2015 Autho r(s) re ta in the c o p yrig ht o f this a rtic le http :/ / www.a c a d e mic jo urna ls.o rg / AJHC African Journal of History and Culture Full Length Research Paper A Short Political Biography of Kibur Ato Haddis Alemayehu Alemu Alene Kebede Debre Markos University, Ethiopia. Received 13 June, 2014; Accepted 21 October, 2014 The main purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the political biography of Kiburi Atoii Haddis Alemayehu who was one of the senior officials of Ethiopia during the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I and the author of the most accomplished Amharic novel, Feqer Eska Meqaber (“Love unto Grave”). In order to undertake this study, both primary and secondary sources were used. The source analysis revealed that after the liberation of Ethiopia from Italian occupation in 1941, Haddis served his country at different senior governmental posts, among others, as Directo

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