Baalu Girma

E808639

journalist novelist person

Baalu Girma was a prominent Ethiopian novelist and journalist known for his politically charged works and mysterious disappearance in the 1980s.

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Bealu Girma	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ person ⓘ
activeYears	1960s–1980s ⓘ
allegedMotiveForPersecution	criticism of the Derg in his novel Oromay ⓘ
causeOfDisappearance	unknown ⓘ
citizenshipStatus	Ethiopian national ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1939 ⓘ
dateOfDisappearance	1984 ⓘ
employer	Addis Zemen NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopian Herald NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Amhara NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	journalism ⓘ literature ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
genre	political novel ⓘ realist fiction ⓘ
hasWorkTranslatedInto	English ⓘ other languages ⓘ
influenced	modern Ethiopian literature ⓘ
knownFor	critical portrayal of Ethiopian politics ⓘ politically charged novels ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	Amharic NERFINISHED ⓘ
legacy	inspiration for Ethiopian writers critical of authoritarianism ⓘ symbol of intellectual dissent in Ethiopia ⓘ
nameInAmharicScript	ባሉ ግርማ NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEvent	mysterious disappearance ⓘ
notableWork	Derasiw NERFINISHED ⓘ Kadmas Bashager NERFINISHED ⓘ Oromay NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWorkPublication	Oromay published early 1980s GENERATED ⓘ
notableWorkTheme	Kadmas Bashager explores social change in Ethiopia ⓘ Oromay depicts abuses under the Derg regime ⓘ
occupation	journalist ⓘ novelist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalContext	Derg regime in Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Ethiopian News Agency ⓘ editor-in-chief of Addis Zemen ⓘ editor-in-chief of Ethiopian Herald ⓘ press and information department official ⓘ
subjectOf	speculation about state involvement in his disappearance ⓘ
workLocation	Addis Ababa NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingStyle	political satire ⓘ social realism ⓘ

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Ethiopian literature → notableAuthor → Baalu Girma ⓘ

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