Michael Daniel Ambatchew’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro A beloved father, husband, family member and Ethiopian author.
Was Writer 
Children’s writer 
From Ethiopia 
Type Literature 
Gender male
Birth 1967, Moscow, Russia
Death 25 October 2012
(aged 45 years)

Michael Daniel Ambatchew (1967-2012) was an Ethiopian children’s book writer. He has written Sidama Tales and Alemayehu. Although an admirer of Western stories like Puss in Boots, he has been active in improving the publishing of a more native Ethiopian children’s literature, and has also written on literature in general.

A beloved father and family member, his literature is known to be humorous and a joy to read.

Life and career

Michael was born in Moscow to an Ethiopian father and an Indian mother He attended Addis Ababa University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1987.

Selected works

Books

  • Animal Tales of Sidama (1998)
  • Bongani in Addis (1998)
  • A Cluster of Rejections (1999)
  • Alemayehu (2006)
  • Mimi Mystery (2012)

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