Daññaččaw Warqu
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ዳኛቸው፡ ወርቁ፡↗ normalized: Daññaččaw Warqu↗
Birth
He was born at Däbrä Sina↗ in 1936.
Period of Activity
He was a playwright, novelist, poet, university lecturer and translator. He graduated from the Arts Faculty of Ḫāyla Śǝllāse I↗ and earned his master degree from United States of America↗ . Returning to Ethiopia↗ he resumed teaching at ʾAddis ʾAbabā university and later joined the Ethiopian Standards Institute where he acted as a language expert. From that time on, he devoted much of his time to creative writing.
Death
He died at ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1994:
Author of
- Adäfrǝs.
- Säqäqänǝš ǝsat.
- Yäṣǝḥuf ṭǝbäb mämmäriya.
- Yäʾamarǝñña fäliṭočč.
- Yäʾamarǝñña yäǧiʾografi mäzgäbä qalat.
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Names
- birth: ዳኛቸው፡ ወርቁ፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1936
Period of activity: 1955–1994
Death: 1994
Occupation
writer
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Amsalu Akilulu 2005. ‘Daññaččäw Wärqu’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 91a–92a.
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Wren, R. 1976. ‘The Ethiopian Volcano: Ambiguity and Meaning in Daniachew’s “The Thirteen Sun”’, World Literature Written in English, 15/1 (1976), 29–41. page 29-41
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Solomon Gebreyes, Alessandro Bausi, Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, ʻDaññaččaw Warquʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 1.3.2017) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS3340Dannacca [Accessed: 2024-04-19+02:00]
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- Solomon Gebreyes Solomon Gebreyes: Complete record on 1.3.2017
- 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
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