Ḥaddis ʾAlamāyyahu
Solomon Gebreyes
Names
birth: ሐዲስ፡ አለማየሁ፡↗ normalized: Ḥaddis ʾAlamāyyahu↗
Birth
He was born at Ǝndode↗ in 1909.
Period of Activity
He was a statesman and writer. Ḥaddis ʾAlamāyyahu pursued traditional church education up to the level of zemā-chants at home under his maternal grandfather ʿAlämu Śǝyyum↗ . He then proceeded to ደብረ፡ ገነት፡ ኤልያስ፡↗ , then to Dabra Warq↗ and finally to Dima Giyorgis↗ where he graduated in qǝne. In 1925/26 he came to ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ and joined the Swedish school where he became acquainted with the English language. He served the imperial government in various posts. But Ḥaddis ʾAlamāyyahu's more enduring contribution to Ethiopian society lies in his literary activity.
Death
He died at ʾAddis ʾAbabā↗ in 2003.
Author of
- Yäḥabäša ǝnna yäwädäḫwala gabǝčča.
- Tärät tärät yämäśärät.
- Ya-tǝmhǝrtǝnnā ya-tamāri bet tǝrgʷǝm.
- Fǝqǝr ǝskä mäqabǝr.
- Wänǧeläññaw dañña.
- Yälmǝžat.
- Ityoṗya mǝn ʿaynätastädadǝr yasfällǝgatal.
- Tǝzzǝta.
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Names
- birth: ሐዲስ፡ አለማየሁ፡ gez
Dates
Birth: 1909
Period of activity: 1925–1980
Death: 2003
Occupation
writer
Faith
EOTC
Nationality
Ethiopia
Secondary Bibliography
Secondary Bibliography
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Asfaw Damte 2005. ‘Ḥaddis ʿAlämayyähu’, in S. Uhlig, ed., Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, II (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2005), 959a–960a.
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Kane, T. L. 1975. Ethiopian Literature in Amharic (Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 1975).
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