| Sebhat Gebre egziabher | |
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| Born | 1928 Adwa,Tigray Region,Ethiopia |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | Amharic,Tigrigna,English,French |
| Ethnicity | Tigrayan |
| Citizenship | Ethiopian |
| Notable work(s) | ትኩሳት,Fever ሌቱም አይነጋልኝ,I will not see the end of the night ሰባተኛው መላክ,the seventh angel |
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Sebhat Guèbrè-Egziabhér (Ge'ez ስብሐት ገብረ እግዚአብሔር) is an Ethiopian writer. He was born in 1928 in Tigray region near the historical town of Adwa in a village called Erba gered. He has published works of fiction and non fiction in French and Amharic. Some of his works are available "retold" in English.He has also worked as a journalist and columnist for the Ethiopian Herald news paper, Addis Zemen (newspaper), Menen magazine and other newspapers and magazines in his long writing career.[1]
He is famous for pioneering the naturalist writing style in Amharic. He has a unique writing style which is not constrained by the traditional Ethiopian writing style.Nor is his syntax orthodox.Even if he uses simple words and seemingly light prose,Sebhat's concepts are highly sophisticated and philosophical.[2]
Guèbrè-Egziabhér originally intended to be a librarian. He visited Washington in 1960 and stayed a year. At that time he was intending to write in English. He decided however that Amharic suited his subject matter. He later visited France and got an award from UNESCO.
A recent publication has caused some controversy because of the explicit nature of its description of sexual activities.[3]