Afevork Ghevre Jesus

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Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs (Amharic: አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ዘጌ; Italian: Afevork Ghevre-Jesus; 10 July 1868 - 25 September 1947) is an Ethiopian writer and possibly their first novelist to gain repute. He was born in Zegé on the southern shore of Lake Tana.

He is nevertheless controversial due to statements he made during the Second Italo-Abyssinian War.[1]

1 Works
- 1.1 Short stories
- 1.2 Linguistics
2 References
3 External links

[edit] Works

ልብ ፡ ወለድ ፡ ታሪክ ። (Libb Wolled Tārīk) [A Heart-Born Story]. Rome 1908.
ዳግማዊ ፡ ምኒልክ ፡ ንጉሠ ፡ ነገሥት ፡ ዘኢትዮጵያ ። (Dāgmāwī Minīlik Nigūse Negest ze-'Ītyōṗyā) [ Minīlik II, King of Kings of Ethiopia]. Rome 1909, Dire Dawa ²1919.

[edit] Short stories

እውነት ተመዶሻው ነው (Iwnet Temedōšāw New). 1898 (see Zerihun Asfaw 2003, pp. 1-3).
አጤ ፋሲል (Āṭē Fāsīl). (see Zerihun Asfaw 2003, pp. 4-5)

[edit] Linguistics

Manuale di conversazione italiano-amarico con la pronuncia figurata. Rome 1905.
Grammatica della lingua amarica. Metodo practico per l'insegnamento. Rome 1905.
Guide du voyageur en Abyssinie. Rome 1911.
Il verbo amarico. Rome 1911.

[edit] References

Bahru Zewde (1994), review article of Alain Rouad 1991 (see below), in: The International Journal of African Historical Studies 27/1, pp. 224-226.
Jack Fellman (1991), "Ethiopia's First Novel", in: Research in African Literatures 22, pp. 183-184.
Luigi Fusella (1951), "Il Lebb wallad tarik", in: Rassegna di studi etiopici 10, pp. 56-70.
Luigi Fusella (1961-1963), "Il Dagmawi Menilek di Afawarq Gabra Iyasus", in: Rassegna di studi etiopici 17, pp. 11-44; 19, pp. 119-149.
Luigi Fusella (1984), "Le premier romancier Ethiopien", in: Luigi Fusella, Salvatore Tedeschi & Joseph Tubiana (eds.), Trois essais sur la littérature éthiopienne. Paris.
Alain Rouaud (1982), "Pour une bibliographie des oeuvres d'Afä Wärq Gäbrä Iyäsus", in: Bulletin des études africaines 2-3, pp. 123-136.
Alain Rouaud (1991), Afä-Wärq, un intellectuel éthiopien témoin de son temps 1868-1947. Paris. ISBN 2-222-04513-4.
Yonas Admassu (2003), "Afäwärq Gäbrä Iyäsus", in: Siegbert Uhlig et al. (eds.), Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, vol. 1 (A-C), pp. 122b-124a.
Zerihun Asfaw (2003), Libbwolled Āwāǧ innā Lēlōčč Āč̣āč̣č̣ir Tārīkōčč ke-qeddemt ye-Ītyōṗya derāsyān 1898-1949 ["Libbwolled Āwaǧ" and other short stories by early Ethiopian writers]. Addis Ababa.