Gebreyesus Hailu

Broschiertes Buch

The Conscript

A Novel of Libya's Anticolonial War

Übersetzer: Negash, Ghirmai

Beschreibung

Eloquent and thought-provoking, this classic novel by the Eritrean novelist Gebreyesus Hailu, written in Tigrinya in 1927 and published in 1950, is one of the earliest novels written in an African language and will have a major impact on the reception and critical appraisal of African literature.

Autor

Gebreyesus Hailu (1906-1993) was a prominent and influential figure in the cultural and intellectual life of Eritrea during the Italian colonial period and in the post-Italian era in Africa. With a PhD in theology, he was vicar general of the Catholic Church in Eritrea and played several important roles in the Ethiopian government, including that of cultural attaché at the Ethiopian Embassy in Rome, member of the national academy of language, and advisor to the Ministry of Information of the Ethiopian government. Ghirmai Negash is a professor of English and African literature at Ohio University. He is the author of A History of Tigrinya Literature in Eritrea and coeditor of Who Needs a Story? His recent publications include articles and essays on Eritrean and South African literatures.

Produktdetails

• Modern African Writing
• Verlag: Ohio University Press
• Seitenzahl: 64
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Januar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 128g
• ISBN-13: 9780821420232
• ISBN-10: 0821420232
• Artikelnr.: 35497731