Is a highly acclaimed Ethiopian poet ,writer and performer. Born in Debere Marqos northwest of Addis Ababa, He studied psychology at Addis Ababa University and published his first collection of poems, Nwari Alba Gojowoch (ኗሪ አልባ ጎጆዎች) (Unmanned Houses) in 2000 and Barāri qeṭaločh (በራሪ ቅጠሎች) (literally Flying Leaves) in 2004. Since then, he has published two further poetry collections , two novels and has narrated short stories on CD.
In 2008 Bewketu received the best young writer of Ethiopia award from the President. He has performed on numerous stages in Ethiopia, North America and Europe. Some of his poetry has appeared in Modern Poetry in Translation (The Big Green Issue, 2008) and Callaloo(2011).
Me and my friends loved and laughed like crazy while reading this book. My best friend used to read it out loud to us during lunchtime break. We used to eat our lunch together in high School and after lunch we gathered together to read as many more chapters as we could right before the bell rang. Looking at this book brings back so many more memories and our favorite part was “when a customer came to buy meat and the butcher tricked the customer by weighing thick bones and the knife alongside the meat just to increase the scaled price” 😂 you will love this book❤️
this book to me was the funnest of them all. it discuss the serious issues in our country in funny way. i wish there was a Beethoven cafe as the book describe it, i think i might like it there.