Bǝrhānu Zaryǝhun
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ብርሃኑ፡ ዘርይሁን፡↗ normalized: Bǝrhānu Zaryǝhun↗
Birth
He was born at Gondar↗ between 1933-1934.
Period of Activity
He was a prominent Amharic writer. He received his elementary education in Gondar↗ , then graduated from ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ Technical School in 1956/57 specializing in radio mechanics. But he left his field of specialization and turned to journalism, made swift progress from a curb reporter up to the editor in chief until 1966/67. He authored novels and plays.
Death
He died at ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 1987.
Author of
- Moraš.
- Hulätt yäʿǝnba däbdabbewočč.
- Dǝl kämot bäḫwala.
- Yäbädäl fǝṣṣame.
- Amanuʾel därso mäls.
- Yätewodros ʿǝnba.
- Bǝrr ambar säbbärälwo.
- Maʾǝbäl.
- Moraš.
- Ṭaṭäññaw täwanay.
- Abba Näfso.
- Yätangut mǝsṭir.
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Names
- birth: ብርሃኑ፡ ዘርይሁን፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1933–1934
Period of activity: 1959–1987
Death: 1987
Occupation
writer
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Balashova, G. 2003. ‘Bǝrhanu Zäryǝhun’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, I (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2003), 538b–539b.
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Molvaer, R. K. 1997. Black Lions: The Creative Lives of Modern Ethiopia’s Literary Giants and Pioneers (Lawrenceville, NJ: The Red Sea Press, 1997).
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Kane, T. L. 1975. Ethiopian Literature in Amharic (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1975).
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