Afevork Ghevre Jesus

Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs (Amharic: አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ዘጌ; Italian: "Afevork Ghevre-Jesus"; July 10 1868 - September 25 1947) was an Ethiopian writer and possibly their first novelist to gain repute. He was born in Zegé on the southern shore of Lake Tana.

He was nevertheless controversial due to statements he made during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War. [http://www.addistribune.com/Archives/2001/06/29-06-01/Secret.htm]

Works

* ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። ("Libb Wolled Tārīk") [A Heart-Born Story] . Rome 1908.
* ዳግማዊ ፡ ምኒልክ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ ። ("Dāgmāwī Minīlik Nigūse Negest ze-'Ītyōṗyā") [ Minīlik II, King of Kings of Ethiopia] . Rome 1909, Dire Dawa ²1919.

Short stories

* እውነት ተመዶሻው ነው ("Iwnet Temedōšāw New"). 1898 (see Zerihun Asfaw 2003, pp. 1-3).
* አጤ ፋሲል ("Āṭē Fāsīl"). (see Zerihun Asfaw 2003, pp. 4-5)

Linguistics

* "Manuale di conversazione italiano-amarico con la pronuncia figurata". Rome 1905.
* "Grammatica della lingua amarica. Metodo practico per l'insegnamento". Rome 1905.
* "Guide du voyageur en Abyssinie". Rome 1911.
* "Il verbo amarico". Rome 1911.

References

* Bahru Zewde (1994), review article of Alain Rouad 1991 (see below), in: "The International Journal of African Historical Studies" 27/1, pp. 224-226.
* Jack Fellman (1991), "Ethiopia's First Novel", in: "Research in African Literatures" 22, pp. 183-184.
* Luigi Fusella (1951), "Il "Lebb wallad tarik", in: "Rassegna di studi etiopici" 10, pp. 56-70.
* Luigi Fusella (1961-1963), "Il "Dagmawi Menilek" di Afawarq Gabra Iyasus", in: "Rassegna di studi etiopici" 17, pp. 11-44; 19, pp. 119-149.
* Luigi Fusella (1984), "Le premier romancier Ethiopien", in: Luigi Fusella, Salvatore Tedeschi & Joseph Tubiana (eds.), "Trois essais sur la littérature éthiopienne". Paris.
* Alain Rouaud (1982), "Pour une bibliographie des oeuvres d'Afä Wärq Gäbrä Iyäsus", in: "Bulletin des études africaines" 2-3, pp. 123-136.
* Alain Rouaud (1991), "Afä-Wärq, un intellectuel éthiopien témoin de son temps 1868-1947". Paris. ISBN 2-222-04513-4.
* Yonas Admassu (2003), "Afäwärq Gäbrä Iyäsus", in: Siegbert Uhlig et al. (eds.), "Encyclopaedia Aethiopica", Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, vol. 1 (A-C), pp. 122b-124a.
* Zerihun Asfaw (2003), "Libbwolled Āwāǧ innā Lēlōčč Āč̣āč̣č̣ir Tārīkōčč ke-qeddemt ye-Ītyōṗya derāsyān 1898-1949" ["Libbwolled Āwaǧ" and other short stories by early Ethiopian writers] . Addis Ababa.

External links

* Gebru Tareke, [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4106/is_200312/ai_n9337514 Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century] (see especially pp. [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4106/is_200312/ai_n9337514/pg_2 2] , [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4106/is_200312/ai_n9337514/pg_3 3] and [http://calbears.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4106/is_200312/ai_n9337514/pg_4 4] ).
* [http://tezeta.org/39/tobbya A translation of Afevork's "Libb Wolled Tārīk" (a.k.a. "Tobbya") by Tadesse Tamrat] in [http://tezeta.org/ tezeta.org] .
* Richard Pankhurst, [http://www.addistribune.com/Archives/2002/04/26-04-02/Artists.htm Ethiopian Artists of Yester-year, Part 1: From AFAWARQ GABRE IYASUS to FERE SEYON] in the [http://www.addistribune.com/ Addis Tribune] website.