Mammo Wudneh
Ethiopian writer (1931–2012)
Mammo Wudneh (Amharic: ማሞ ውድነህ; 22 October 1931 – 2 March 2012) was an Ethiopian writer, playwright, journalist and President of the Ethiopian Writers' Association. He was actively involved as a peacemaker between Ethiopia and Eritrea working on an interfaith committee chaired by Abune Paulos, the Patriarch of the Tewahedo Church.
Early life
Born in 1931 to a family of humble background. Mammo was left orphaned during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War when the air force of Fascist Italy bombed his tiny village, Bashagia in what was then Wollo Province.
Career
His writing skill has enabled him to secure journalistic jobs at the United States Information Service, a section of the American Embassy, and the Russian Cultural Center at Addis Ababa.
He also served at the Ethiopian Ministry of Information where he met and befriended authors like Berhanu Zerihun and Mengistu Gedamu. Mammo Wudneh was appointed head of Ethiopian News Agency in Eritrea. Shortly after the outbreak of the Ethiopian Revolution in 1974, Mammo became an editorial staffer of the magazine Yekatit.
Mammo authored historical, fictional and dramatic works, as well as translated works of authors into Amharic. His most notable translations are stories of espionage.
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