Adam Reta
Adam Reta was born in Addis Ababa in 1958. He received his bachelor’s degree in education - Geography from Addis Ababa University. He also obtained his second (master's) degree abroad. He writes mostly novels, but he also writes poetry. His poems have been published in various magazines at various times. He also got unpublished poems.
"አባ ደፋር እና ሌሎች አጫጭር ታሪኮች" in which he was introduced to the audience and set a foundation stone in the hearts of Ethiopian literature series and readers, was published by Kuraz Publishing Company in 1977 E.C. (In this collection, he contributed four works: "ድብድብ", "እብዱ ስለሺ Ebdu Shibeshi", "ሲሮኮ Sirocco" and "ሲፊንክስ Syphinx"). The novel "ዘላን, Zelan" was published in the collection of short stories "ጭጋግና ጠል" published by Mega publishing company in 1990. Since these two were published together with the works of other authors, they are not considered the as the just authors’ work.
"Mahlet" published by Kuraz Publishing House in 1981 is the author's first collection of short stories. "ግራጫ ቃጭሎች, Grey Bits" published by Shama Books in 1997 is a long novel that can be seen as a classic work and shows the author's special skills.
Adam presented two unique works in 2001: "አለንጋና ምስር, Alengana Misr" which is a collection of short stories and "እቴሜቴ ሎሚ ሽታ, Etemete Lomi Shta" which includes novels (novellas) connected to each other with a thin story thread. This style of writing is called integrity and the author has used it extensively in his other books.
