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In Washington DC, Amharic became one of the six non-English languages in the Language Access Act of 2004, which allows government services and education in Amharic. [ 33 ] Furthermore, Amharic is considered a holy language by the Rastafari religion and is widely used among its followers worldwide.
Consequently he makes a deal with Gareth and Jake to smuggle the cars into Ethiopia via French and British Somaliland, and he dispatches the services of his nephew Gregorius to guide them. Vicky also volunteers to help and the four of them ship the cars in a slave ship, then drive from the seashore across the desert to the Ethiopian highlands ...
His tragic novel, Love to the Grave (ፍቅር እስከ መቃብር; Fəqər əskä Mäqabər), is one of the most renowned books in modern Ethiopian literature, considered a modern masterpiece. [8] Baalu Girma's Oromay (1983) is also well-regarded. [9] Emperor Haile Selassie wrote an autobiography, My Life and Ethiopia's Progress in 1973–74.
Sahle Sellassie wrote the first novel in the Chaha language in the mid-1960s. In 1969, Heinemann published his first English-language novel in their African Writers Series. He continued to write novels into the 1980s. Sahle Sellassie also translated books into Amharic. This included novels by Charles Dickens, Victor Hugo and others.
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Alice Thomas Ellis, English novelist, essayist and cookery book author (born 1932) [30] Anna Haycraft, English novelist (born 1932) March 10 – Patience Gray, English cookery and travel writer (born 1917) March 17 – Andre Norton, American science fiction writer (born 1912) [31] March 22 – Anthony Creighton, English playwright (born 1922)
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It was featured on the popular radio program Kemetsahifit Alem (From the World of Books) by host Wegayehu Nigatu. The author himself later praised Wegayehu for "giving life to the characters in the story" with his narration of the novel. [1] An English translation by Sisay Ayenew, titled Love Unto Crypt, was published in 2005.