Category: literary events and reviews

ናብ ዝተናፈቕኪ ይርጋኣለም … ይርጋኣለም እታ መንእሰይ ዝነበረት ኣነ

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ*   ይርጋኣለም፤ ካብ 14-16 ጥቅምቲ 2022 ኣብ ከተማ በርሊን-ጀርመን፤  Archaeology Of  Loss ብዝብል ስያመ ዝፍለጥ ፈስቲቫል ስነጽሑፍ፥ ተዓዲማን ተሳቲፋን ነይራ። ትጽቢት ናይቲ ዝተኻየደ  ስነጽሑፋዊ ፈስቲቫል፡ ጸሓፍቲ፥ ኣብ ሕሉፎም ከም ውሁብ ዝወስድዎ ዝነበሩ፥ ኣብ ህሉው ህይወቶም ግን ዝበዀረ፡ ዝተኸስረ፡ ፈጺሙ’ውን ዝተቐብጸ ዝተፈላለየ ግኡዝ ኰነ ስምዒት ኣድሂቦም ክጽሕፉ ምትብባዕ እዩ። በዚ ምኽንያት፡ እዛ ናይ ሎሚ

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Abrar Osman Receives PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award 2022

  Eritrean renowned and award-winning singer and songwriter Abrar Osman has received Pen Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression award at the closing ceremony of Pen Eritrea’s annual meeting held in Stockholm-Sweden from 1st to 2nd October 2022. Abrar was announced the winner of the award on 18 September to mark the assault on freedom of the

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ኣብራር ዑስማን፡ ሽልማት ፐን ኤርትራ 2022 ብኽብሪ ተቐቢሉ፤ ፐን ኤርትራ ዓመታዊ ጕባኤኡ ዛዚሙ።

  ፐን ኤርትራ፡ መቐጸልታ እቲ ብ1 ጥቅምቲ  ዝተጀመረ ናይ ዓመተ 2022 ጒባኤኡ፡ ብ2 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ዘቃንዖ  ካልኣይን ናይ መወዳእታን መዓልቲ ኣኼባኡ ዛዚሙ። መወዳእታ መዓልቲ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ 2022፡ ብመረጻ መሪሕነት ጀሚሩ ብወግዒ ምዕዳል ሽልማት ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት  እዩ ተዛዙሙ። ኣብቲ ዕለት፡ ኣባላት ፐን ኤርትራ ብኣካልን ብቐጥታዊ መስመር ኢንተርነትን ኣቢሎም ፈጻሚ ስራሕን ተሓዝ-ገንዘብን መሪጾም። ዕዉት ሽልማት

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ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ 2022

  ዓመታዊ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ 2022 ቀዳማይ መዓልቱ ሎሚ 1 ትቅምቲ 2022 ኣብ ሃገረ ሽወደን ከተማ ስተኮልም ተቓኒዑ ውዒሉ። ካብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ዝመጹ 20 ኣባላት ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ዝተሳተፍሉ ቀዳማይ መዓልቲ ዓመታዊ ጕባኤ ፐን ኤርትራ፡  ካብ ሰዓት ትሸዓተ ናይ ንግሆ ክሳብ ሰዓት ሽዱሽተ ናይ ምሸት ተኻይዱ። ፐን ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ጕባኤኡ ካብ ዝዘተየሎም ነጥብታት፣

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Abrar Osman has been named the winner of PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award 2022.

  Abrar Osman, the well-known, award-winning Eritrean singer and songwriter, has won the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2022 for his four-decade of contributions to the advancement of literature and his resolute advocacy for democracy and freedom of expression through music. Abrar started his singing career in 1976 when he was a young freedom

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Prof. Ghirmai Negash Named PEN Eritrea’s 2021 Freedom of Expression Award Winner

Eritrea’s foremost literary scholar and freedom of press advocate Professor Ghirmai Negash has been named the 2021 PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award winner. The ceremony has been held virtually, Saturday September 18th, on the 20th anniversary of the ban of free press in Eritrea. PEN Eritrea’s Freedom of Expression Award is a yearly award

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Tigrinya Books Contextualized: The Case of Abeba Tesfagiorgis Baatai’s Novels

Beyan Negash* April 12, 2021 When reading early Eritrean novels, a reader is required to put the historical context in which a certain book was written. The reader’s perspective and contextual readings might give nuanced understanding of the work. In other words, Tigrinya literature readers must be compelled to keep the oral tradition way of

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ዳግመ-ሕትመት ቀደሞት ልብወለድ ብጓል ኣንስተይቲ ደራሲት [ኣበባ ተስፋጊዮርጊስ በዓታይ]

ለካቲት 11 2021 ካብ መቕድም መጽሓፍ መሰረተ ልብወለዳዊ ስነ-ጽሑፍ ኤርትራ (2021) ብኣበባ ተስፋጊዮርጊስ በዓታይ ዝተወስደ እቲ ኣብ ሓሙሳታት ተወሊዱ ኣብ ሱሳታትን ሰብዓታትን ዝዓኾኸ ልብወለዳዊ ስነ-ጽሑፍ ኤርትራ ብደቀ-ተባዕትዮ ደረስቲ ዝተዓብለለ’ዩ ነይሩ። እዚ ድማ: ነታ ኣብ መንጎ 1967-1974፡ ኣብ ስነ-ጽሑፋዊ ታሪኽ ናይ’ታ ሃገር ክልተ ልብወለዳዊ ስርሓት ዘፍረየት ደራሲት ኣበባ ተስፋጊዮርጊስ በዓታይ ከም ፈላሚት “ኣደ ሰነ-ጽሑፍ ኤርትራ” ከም

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Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat named International Writer of Courage

By Alison Flood from The Guardian. Oct. 13th, 2020 The author, imprisoned without charge since 2001, was chosen to share the PEN Pinter prize by 2020’s winner Linton Kwesi Johnson The Eritrean poet Amanuel Asrat, who was arrested in 2001 and is believed still to be detained in a maximum security prison, has been named International

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