Sahle Sellassie

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Berhane Mariam Sahle Sellassie is an Ethiopian author who was born in 1936 and has written in three languages: Gurage, English, and Amharic. He wrote the first novel in Chaha, a Gurage dialect, which was translated into English by Wolf Leslau for publication[1] with the title Shinega's Village. This was followed by several books in English; The Afersata (1969) is perhaps the best known of these. He has written a major work in Amharic about the war with Italy, 1935 to 1941, and has translated other works.

[edit] Books

  • Shinega's Village: scenes of Ethiopian life, University of California Press (1964)
  • The Afersata, Heinemann Educational (1969), ISBN 0435900528
  • Warrior king, Heinemann Educational (1974), ISBN 043590163X - fiction based on the life of Theodore II
  • Firebrands, Longman (1979), ISBN 0582642434

[edit] Sources and References

  1. ^ Shinega's Village, Translator's preface
  • Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0415230195 - p.477
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