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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ethiopia's Poet Laureate, was born in 1936 in the town of Boda, in the vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia. Tsegaye was one of the most renowned and a globally admired poet, playwright & art director. In 1977, Tsegaye became assistant professor at the Department of Education of Addis Ababa University, and later founded the Department of Theatrical Arts where he served as director and professor for two years.
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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin, Ethiopia's Poet Laureate, was born in 1936 in the town of Boda, in the vicinity of Ambo, Ethiopia. Tsegaye was one of the most renowned and a globally admired poet, playwright & art director. In 1977, Tsegaye became assistant professor at the Department of Education of Addis Ababa University, and later founded the Department of Theatrical Arts where he served as director and professor for two years.
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One of Gabre-Medhin's plays, Petros at the Hour, tells the story of Abune Petros, the Bishop who accompanied the Ethiopian troops in their struggle to resist the Italian fascist occupation. Captured by the enemy on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the prelate was executed after a show trial. A third play, The Oda Oak Oracle, a tragedy about Ethiopian country life, also enjoyed great popularity, both in Ethiopia and abroad.
Besides these compositions, Gabre-Medhin translated Shakespeare (Hamlet and Othello being the most popular of these works), as well as Molière's Tartuffe and Le Médecin malgré lui, as well as Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage.
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One of Gabre-Medhin's plays, Petros at the Hour, tells the story of Abune Petros, the Bishop who accompanied the Ethiopian troops in their struggle to resist the Italian fascist occupation. Captured by the enemy on the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the prelate was executed after a show trial. A third play, The Oda Oak Oracle, a tragedy about Ethiopian country life, also enjoyed great popularity, both in Ethiopia and abroad.
Besides these compositions, Gabre-Medhin translated Shakespeare (Hamlet and Othello being the most popular of these works), as well as Molière's Tartuffe and Le Médecin malgré lui, as well as Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage.
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Gabre-Medhin's poems, both in Amharic and English, were also widely read. A score of them, including "Prologue to African Conscience" and "Black Antigone", were published in the Ethiopia Observer in 1965. Another poem, in Amharic, castigated the European nomenclature for the waterfalls of Sudan and Egypt – which totally ignored those of Ethiopia, and caused Gabre-Medhin proudly to refer to the Tis Abay, or Blue Nile Falls, as the "Zero Cataract".
Well everybody that's all we had for this week's #ArtisanOFtheWeek, go ahead & check out @the_stash for more of Tsegaye G/Medhin's short poems #TsegayeGebremedhin
#ArtisanOFtheWeek #TsegayeGebremedhin
Gabre-Medhin's poems, both in Amharic and English, were also widely read. A score of them, including "Prologue to African Conscience" and "Black Antigone", were published in the Ethiopia Observer in 1965. Another poem, in Amharic, castigated the European nomenclature for the waterfalls of Sudan and Egypt – which totally ignored those of Ethiopia, and caused Gabre-Medhin proudly to refer to the Tis Abay, or Blue Nile Falls, as the "Zero Cataract".
Well everybody that's all we had for this week's #ArtisanOFtheWeek, go ahead & check out @the_stash for more of Tsegaye G/Medhin's short poems #TsegayeGebremedhin
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"Sekokaw Petros"
Poem translated to painting
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"Sekokaw Petros"
Poem translated to painting
#VisualArts
#OilOnCanvas
#Memorial of laureates #TsegayeGebremedhin & #AfewerkTekle
By: @ttsegazeabe21
You can check out Tsegazeab's works on;
Telegram: @Tsegazeabe21
Instagram: @Tsegazeabe21
Facebook : Tsegazeabe Tariku