Ethiopia: Commemorating the Renowned Contemporary Painter, Poet

Temesgen Shitaye was a lecturer of Theatrical Art at Wolkite University. Today he is attending his MA course at Addis Ababa University. Ever since he joined higher educational institutions he has been a regular attendee of various artistic programmes, events and shows such as, galleries. He has also a tendency of reading various academic journals, books and newspapers that mainly focus on visual arts. He had the chance to see Gebrekiristos Desata's paintings and read many of his poems. He found all of them very critical and fascinating. For him, Gebrekiristos is one of the artistic personalities of the country. "It could be said that I love all of his artistic pieces - the message being transmitted through them and the way they are illustrated. Gradually, I was inspired to prepare a theater that commemorates the life of this respected poet and painter," said Temesgen.

Last Tuesday Temesgen has fulfilled his promises of turning his ambition into reality. Eager to have a glimpse at the a theater prepared by Temsegen dedicated to show the passion and works of Gebrekiristos Desta, Addis Ababa University post graduate school hall was crowded by a number of attendants from the university and outside.

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