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Afevork Ghevre Jesus
Ethiopian writer (1868–1947)
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Afework gebreyesus biography
The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Afäwarq, and not as Iyäsus.
Afäwarq Gäbrä Iyäsus | |
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Afäwarq in 1900 | |
| Native name | አፈወርቅ ገብረ ኢየሱስ |
| Born | (1868-07-10)10 July 1868 Zege, Ethiopian Empire |
| Died | (1947-09-25)25 September 1947 Jimma, Ethiopian Empire |
| Occupation | Novelist |
Afäwarq Gäbrä Iyäsus (Amharic: አፈወርቅ ገብረ ኢየሱስ, romanized: āfewerik’i gebire īyesusi; spelled in Italian: Afevork Ghevre Jesus or Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs; spelled in English Afewark Gebre Iyasus; 10 July 1868 – 25 September 1947) was an Ethiopian writer, who wrote the first novel in Amharic, Ləbb Wälläd Tarik (A Heart [better “Intellect”]-born Story), (Italian: Libb Wolled Tarik).
Bahru Zewde writes, "Few people before or after him have demonstrated such superb mastery of the Amharic language. Few have ventured with such ingenuity into the