| Intro | Ethiopian writer |
| Is | Writer |
| From | Ethiopia |
| Type | Literature |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1 January 1936 |
| Age: | 84 years |
Berhane Mariam Sahle Sellassie (Amharic: በርሃነ ማርአም ሳህለ ሰልላስሴ; born 1936) is an Ethiopian author who 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 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.
Books
- Shinega’s Village: Scenes of Ethiopian Life, University of California Press (1964)
- The Afersata, Heinemann Educational Books, African Writers Series No. 52 (1969), ISBN 0-435-90052-8
- Warrior King, Heinemann Educational, African Writers Series No. 163 (1974), ISBN 0-435-90163-X – fiction based on the life of Theodore II
- Firebrands, Longman Drumbeat (1979), ISBN 0-582-64243-4
- “Wetat Yifredew”(ወጣት ይፍረደው)(1967
- “Basha Qtaw”(ባሻ ቅጣው)(1984)
- “shukita”(ሹክታ)(2000)
Sources and references
- Simon Gikandi, Encyclopedia of African Literature, Routledge (2002), ISBN 0-415-23019-5 – p. 477