The finalists for the Hohe Awards 2019, Ethiopia’s premier literary awards, were announced on October 7, 2019.
The HOHE Awards were set up in 2016 to promote creative writing and the reading culture in Ethiopia. They confer awards for writing poetry, writing for children as well as long fiction in English and Amharic.
Here are the books that have been shortlisted in the different categories.
Children’s books.
በልጆች መጽሐፍት ዘርፍ 3 መጻሕፍት ዕጩ ሆነዋል:: pic.twitter.com/ZeiOp9Gund
— HOHEAwards (@HoheAwards) October 7, 2019
Poetry:
በግጥም ዘርፍ የዓመቱ ምርጥ አምስት ዕጩ መጽሐፍት፤
o ክብ ልፋት (መስፍን ወልደትንሳይ)
o የልብ ማህተም (ሰለሞን ሳህለ)
o የወይራ ስር ጸሎት (በድሉ ዋቅጅራ (ዶ/ር))
o ወደመንገድ ሰዎች (መዘክር ግርማ)
o የማያልቅ አዲስ ልብስ (ከበቃሉ ሙሉ) pic.twitter.com/Ljh16ZvnIj— HOHEAwards (@HoheAwards) October 7, 2019
Long fiction:
በረጅም ልብወለድ ዘርፍ የዓመቱ ምርጥ አምስት ዕጩ መጽሐፍት፤
• መልህቅ (ዘነበ ወላ)
• መርበብት (ዓለማየሁ ዋሴ)
• አፍ (አዳም ረታ)
• ኤቶዮጵ (ዶ/ር ኤሊያስ ገብሩ)
• ጃን ተከል (ፍሬ ዘር) pic.twitter.com/50vpKXOsd5— HOHEAwards (@HoheAwards) October 7, 2019
Spelling award.
1/3 በ3ኛው የሆሄ ሽልማት 16 የልብወለድ መጽሐፍት ቀርበው ለውድድር የተመረጡት 13 መጽሐፍት የሚከተሉት ናቸው: #መልህቅ (ዘነበ ወላ)#መርበብት (ዓለማየሁ ዋሴ)#ቦ ጊዜ (ወርቅነህ ወንድሙ)#አላቲኖስ (ቃልኪዳን ኃይሉ)#አፍ (አዳም ረታ)
— HOHEAwards (@HoheAwards) October 5, 2019
The winners will be revealed at an award ceremony held on Oct 22, 2019.
The announcement was made in Amharic so our curation of this blog is done with the assistance of Google and Facebook translate. If you have a better translation we would love to see it.
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