Kebede Mikael

Kebede Mikael was born on 2 November 1916 in Menz, in Shewa. His father having left the country shortly after his birth, he bore his mother's name and was raised by his uncle. After the Church school, he attended the Ethio-French Alliance and the Lazarist mission, learning Ge'ez, French and English. As director general at the Ministry of Education, he wrote the country's school textbooks for thirty years, published more than thirty books, translated Shakespeare into Amharic and was the very first winner of the Haile Selassie I Prize. An honorary doctor of Addis Ababa University, he died in 1998.

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• Essayጃፓን እንደምን ሰለጠነችKebede Mikael · 1954not translated into EnglishLiterature