Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin

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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin was a prominent Ethiopian poet, playwright, and translator whose works helped modernize Amharic literature and explore Ethiopia’s history, culture, and social issues.

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instanceOf person
playwright
poet
translator
awardReceived Haile Selassie I Prize for Amharic Literature
Order of Menelik II
UNESCO International Theatre Institute award
burialPlace Holy Trinity Cathedral, Addis Ababa
causeOfDeath respiratory failure
countryOfCitizenship Ethiopia
dateOfBirth 1936-08-17
dateOfDeath 2006-02-25
describedAs modernizer of Amharic drama and poetry
one of the leading figures of modern Ethiopian literature
educatedAt Addis Ababa University
Blackstone School of Law
Royal Court Theatre
University of Wales
employer Hager Fikir Theatre
National Theatre of Ethiopia
ethnicGroup Amhara
familyName Gabre-Medhin
fieldOfWork Ethiopian culture
Ethiopian history
Ethiopian theatre
modern Amharic literature
social issues
genre drama
historical drama
poetry
givenName Tsegaye
influenced modern Amharic poetry
modern Ethiopian theatre
languageOfWorkOrName Amharic
English
movement modernism
name Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
notableWork Ha Hu Besidist Wer
King of Kings
Oda Oak Oracle
Petros Yachin Se’at
Tewodros
linked to: Tewodros II

The Collision of Altars
The Mask
The Mother
The Savage
occupation dramatist
essayist
playwright
poet
theatre director
translator
placeOfBirth Boda, Ethiopia
placeOfDeath New York City
positionHeld artistic director of the National Theatre of Ethiopia
director of Hager Fikir Theatre
poet laureate of Ethiopia
religion Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
residence Addis Ababa
translatedFromLanguage English
translatedToLanguage Amharic
translatedWork Hamlet
King Lear
Macbeth
Othello
linked to: Othello (play)
wroteAbout Ethiopian culture
Ethiopian history
pan-Africanism
social justice

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Ethiopian literature notableAuthor Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin
Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin name Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin