- Haddis Alemayehu
Haddis Alemayehu (
15 October 1910 -6 December 2003 ), also transliterated Hadis Alamayahu, was aForeign Minister and novelist fromEthiopia . HisAmharic novel IPA|"Fiqir Iske Meqabir" ("Love to the Grave", 1968) is considered a classic of modernEthiopian literature . It has been translated into English by Sisay Ayenew, under the title "Love unto crypt".List of publications
*IPA|"Y-Abeša-nna Ye-Wedehʷala gabičča" (The Marriage of Ethiopia and the Future)
*IPA|"Teret Teret Ye-Meseret", 1955 (1948 "AM")
*IPA|"Fiqir Iske Meqabir" (Love to the Grave), IPA|"Bərhanənna Sälam" Printing Press, 1965 (1958 "AM")
*IPA|"Wenǧeläñña Dañña" (The Criminal Judge), Addis Abeba:IPA|"nəgd" Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1981 (1974 "AM")
*IPA|"Ye-Ilm Ižat", Addis Abeba:IPA|"nigd" Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1987 (1980 "AM")
*IPA|"Tizzita" (Memories), Addis Abeba:Artistic Printing Press (Kuraz Publishing Agency) 1992 (1985 "AM")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.External links
* [http://allafrica.com/stories/200512060288.html All Africa]
* [http://seleda.com/jan01/book_review.shtml "FiQir Iske MeQabir" - An Ethiopian Masterpiece] , a book review by Haeran Fisseha in [http://seleda.com Seleda Journal website] (Vol. II, Issue VII, January 2001).
* [http://www.meskot.com/grateful_forever.htm "Grateful, forever (A tribute to a literary giant - Haddis Alemayehu)"] , a poem by Kiros Berhane (December, 2003), in [http://www.meskot.com/ Meskot Online Literary Journal] .
* [http://ethio-press.tripod.com/id4.html]
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