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Mengistu Lemma was born on 1924 in Ethiopia, is an Ethiopian playwright and poet. Discover Mengistu Lemma's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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Mengistu Lemma Height, Weight & Measurements
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Mengistu Lemma Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Mengistu Lemma worth at the age of 64 years old? Mengistu Lemma’s income source is mostly from being a successful playwright. He is from Ethiopia. We have estimated Mengistu Lemma's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Mengistu Lemma (1924–1988) was an Ethiopian playwright and poet.
Mengistu was born in Harar, to Aleqa Lemma Hailu and Wro Abebech Yilma.
After undertaking traditional religious studies at the Tiqo Mekane Selassie church where his father was Aleqa (a title given to church leaders), he moved to the capital Addis Ababa due to the transfer of his father to the Qatchane Medhane'alem Church.
There he was admitted to Kotebe Qedamawi Haile Selassie School.
In 1948, Mengistu studied in London at the Regent Street Polytechnic before studying economics and political science at the London School of Economics.
In the six years he spent in London, he was able to meet and then establish friendship with the famous British playwright George Bernard Shaw.
In 1954, Mengistu returned to Ethiopia and was sent to the embassy of Ethiopia in India as the First Secretary of the Ethiopian Embassy in New Delhi.
There he completed his play Telfo Be Kissie (Marriage by Abduction) (1959), which he had created for a marriage ceremony while he was in Ethiopia.
This play was the first modern comedy play in the history of Ethiopian theatre.
He also wrote Yalacha Gabicha (Marriage of Unequals) (1964), Tsere Colonialist and Bale Kaba Ena Bale Daba (1979).
In addition, Mengistu translated Anton Chekhov's The Bear as Dandiew Chabude and J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls as Tayaqi.
He also published the first Amharic book on dramatic techniques.
Mengistu was fluent in English and spoke French and Italian.
His travels included New York, Montreal and the Soviet Union (1965), Sweden, Denmark and Turkey (1967), Scandinavia (1969), and Los Angeles (1970).
Mengistu was the Director General of the Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Secretary General of the Ethiopian Literary Society; Council Member on the Ethiopian National Council for UNESCO; and Council Member of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church Evangelical Council.
On the basis of his outstanding contribution to Amharic literature, he was awarded the 1967 Haile Selassie I Prize Trust Award.
Different social and political, as well as traditional and cultural issues dominate the plays of Mengistu Lemma:
