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Michael Daniel Ambatchew

Ethiopian children's book writer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967-2012) was an Ethiopian children's book writer. He has written Sidama Tales and Alemayehu. Although an admirer of Western stories like Puss in Boots, he has been active in improving the publishing of a more native Ethiopian children's literature, and has also written on literature in general.

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Life and career

Michael was born in Moscow to an Ethiopian father and an Indian mother[1] He attended Addis Ababa University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987.[2]

Selected works

Books

  • Animal Tales of Sidama (1998)[3]
  • Bongani in Addis (1998)
  • A Cluster of Rejections (1999)
  • Alemayehu (2006)[4]
  • Mimi Mystery (2012)
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