Dr Kebede Michael was one
of the giants in the field f education and literature in Ethiopia. He wrote a
total of 26 books including a wide range of translations from various
languages. From 1940 to1970, he wrote Amharic school textbooks in which he
provided generations of Ethiopian students with enlightening ideas about a
wide range of issues and disciplines.
His writings were in
both prose and poetry and his poems follow rhyming and writing styles of his
own. He also translated - among many - Romeo and Juliet, as well as Macbeth
of William Shakespeare. Kebede Michael’s literary works reflect many shades
of character and behavior of the Ethiopian society. The contents of many of
his books are on history, education, development, philosophy, religion,
science and so on.
He worked as an
inspector in the Ministry of Education, as Deputy Director in the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs (1942), as Director of the National Library (1944), as
Director General of the Ministry of Education, and as a Cabinet Minster in
the Imperial Palace. He was also delegated to many international conferences
including at the United Nations in New York.
He received the first
Prize for Literature from Emperor Haileselassie. He also received awards from
governments of France, Germany, Italy, USSR and Mexico. And in 1990, he
received an Honorary Doctorate Degree from Addis Ababa University for his
unparalleled excellence in literature as well as for inspiring generations of
Ethiopian authors and writers.
Dr. Kebede Michael died
on 12 November 1998 at the age of 82. No other Ethiopian in the country’s
history so far has been able to write as extensively on a wide variety of
disciplines as did Kebede Michael.
His contributions are
enormous to the development of education and literature. And he may be
deceased, yet his legacy will live on forever; and Ethiopians are greatly
thankful to him.
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Thank you very much.Please keep the good work and we need more collections of these great authors.
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