Mangǝśtu Lammā
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: መንግስቱ፡ ለማ፡↗ normalized: Mangǝśtu Lammā↗
Birth
He was born at Ḥarar↗ in1928.
Period of Activity
He was a prominent Ethiopian author, poet and playwright. At his childhood, he received a traditional church education and modern education in the elementary school opened by the Italians for natives. After liberation, he continued his modern education at a government school. Then, he joined Kotabe Secondary School. He completed his graduate studies in United Kingdom↗ and he returned to Ethiopia↗ in 1953/54. He served at Civil Aviation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Culture and later transferred to ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ University to teach at the Department of Theatre Arts.
Death
He died at ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1988.
Author of
- Yäʿand geta astäwayǝnnät.
- Yäʿand geta astäwayǝnnät.
- Yägǝṭǝm gubaʾe.
- Yabbatočč ḉäwata.
- Yalačča gabǝčča.
- Ṭäyyaqi.
- Ṣärä koloniyalist.
- Šǝmmiya.
- Yäʿaläm nǝguś.
- Ṭälfo bäkise.
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Names
- birth: መንግስቱ፡ ለማ፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1928
Period of activity: 1953–1988
Death: 1988
Occupation
writer
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Bahru Zewde 2002. Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century, Eastern African Studies (Oxford; Athens, OH; Addis Ababa: James Currey; Ohio University Press; Addis Ababa University Press, 2002).
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Fekade Azeze 2007. ‘Mängǝśtu Lämma’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, III (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2007), 729b–731b.
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Pankhurst, R. 1988. ‘Mangheśtu Lamma’, Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 21 (1988), 199–213. page 199-213
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Tasfāye Gaśśaśa 1988. ‘መንግስቱ፡ ለማ (Mangǝstu Lammā)’, Journal of Ethiopian Studies, 21 (1988), 195–197. page 195-197
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻMangǝśtu Lammāʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 2017-03-06) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS6671Mangestu [Accessed: 2024-05-16]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 6.3.2017
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor