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283: 202:, Eritrea, to Ethiopia. Tesfaye served as the director of Ethiopia’s ministry of information. He was also the editor in chief of a local magazine. He authored numerous articles and books. After he became minister of Information, he relaxed censorship rules and made it possible for countless fellow authors and journalists to publish their works. He wrote all of his books in Amharic while a few of them were translated to Tigrinya and Afan Oromo. 277: 33: 175:, 28 August 1968 – 24 December 2021) was an Ethiopian-born Eritrean writer and literary publisher. He was best known as a well-renowned Eritrean journalist and editor in the Ethiopian printed press. In Eritrea, however, amongst his fellow Eritrean citizens, he was mainly known for his books and his attachment to the 185:
Gebreab worked as a journalist before becoming a full time writer. He penned eight books, including historical novels, true stories, short stories, and memoirs. One of his later books, 'Ye Nurebi Mahder', 'Nurenebi File', a hundred year long story of Eritrea and Ethiopia, received wide scale
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His book, "Ye burka zimita" was a book that narrated history of Oromo resistance history and future hopes. Because of his contributions to Oromo literature, he was given an honorary name 'Gadaa'.
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Gebreab was born on 28 August 1968 in Ethiopia, in the town of Bishoftu. His parents were Eritreans who in the 1950s, migrated from
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recognition locally and regionally. Gebreab wrote in
232:. Ministry of Information, Eritrea. 28 December 2021 142: 131: 121: 113: 105: 97: 89: 72: 49: 39: 23: 209:, Kenya on 24 December 2021, at the age of 53. 316: 230:"Renowned author Tesfaye Gebreab passes away" 8: 323: 309: 31: 20: 291:This Eritrean biographical article is a 218: 224: 222: 7: 362:Eritrean people of Ethiopian descent 272: 270: 14: 251:Zeybe, Addis (25 December 2021). 281: 275: 149:The Nurenebi File (የኑረነቢ ማህደር) 1: 253:"Tesfaye Gebreab passed away" 16:Eritrean diplomat (1968–2021) 295:. You can help Knowledge by 388: 269: 30: 194:Personal life and death 372:Eritrean people stubs 357:Eritrean male writers 352:Eritrean journalists 154:Yederasiw Mastawesha 367:People from Oromia 304: 303: 166: 165: 379: 325: 318: 311: 287: 286: 285: 279: 271: 261: 260: 248: 242: 241: 239: 237: 226: 79: 76:24 December 2021 59: 57: 35: 21: 387: 386: 382: 381: 380: 378: 377: 376: 332: 331: 330: 329: 280: 274: 267: 265: 264: 250: 249: 245: 235: 233: 228: 227: 220: 215: 196: 169:Tesfaye Gebreab 81: 77: 61: 55: 53: 45: 26: 25:Tesfaye Gebreab 17: 12: 11: 5: 385: 383: 375: 374: 369: 364: 359: 354: 349: 344: 334: 333: 328: 327: 320: 313: 305: 302: 301: 288: 263: 262: 243: 217: 216: 214: 211: 195: 192: 179:ethnic group. 164: 163: 162: 161: 156: 151: 144: 140: 139: 133: 129: 128: 123: 119: 118: 115: 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 99: 95: 94: 91: 87: 86: 80:(aged 53) 74: 70: 69: 60:28 August 1968 51: 47: 46: 43: 41: 37: 36: 28: 27: 24: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 384: 373: 370: 368: 365: 363: 360: 358: 355: 353: 350: 348: 345: 343: 340: 339: 337: 326: 321: 319: 314: 312: 307: 306: 300: 298: 294: 289: 284: 278: 273: 268: 258: 254: 247: 244: 231: 225: 223: 219: 212: 210: 208: 203: 201: 193: 191: 189: 183: 180: 178: 174: 170: 160: 157: 155: 152: 150: 147: 146: 145: 143:Notable works 141: 137: 134: 130: 127: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 75: 71: 68: 64: 52: 48: 42: 38: 34: 29: 22: 19: 297:expanding it 290: 266: 256: 246: 234:. Retrieved 204: 197: 184: 181: 172: 168: 167: 158: 153: 148: 78:(2021-12-24) 18: 347:2021 deaths 342:1968 births 257:Addis Zeybe 236:29 December 205:He died in 126:Non-fiction 114:Citizenship 106:Nationality 40:Native name 336:Categories 213:References 173:ተስፋዬ ገብረኣብ 98:Occupation 56:1968-08-28 44:ተስፋዬ ገብረኣብ 200:Mendefera 159:የቲራቮሎ ዋሻ 138:, Eritrea 109:Eritrean 90:Pen name 67:Ethiopia 63:Bishoftu 207:Nairobi 188:Amharic 132:Subject 117:Eritrea 85:, Kenya 83:Nairobi 136:Oromia 101:Author 177:Oromo 122:Genre 93:Gadaa 293:stub 238:2021 73:Died 50:Born 338:: 255:. 221:^ 190:. 65:, 324:e 317:t 310:v 299:. 259:. 240:. 171:( 58:) 54:(

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