Tesfaye Sahlu

Tesfaye Sahlu (; 27 June 1923 – 31 July 2017) He received awards from Emperor Haile Selassie, the Ethiopian Fine Art and Mass Media Prize Trust. in Kedu, a town in the Bale province of southeastern Ethiopia, to Egerssa Bedane and Yewenzwork Belete. He grew up in Harar during childhood years while attending French Mission School. He later moved to the capital Addis Ababa by the age 14, and enrolled Kokebe Tsibah School. His father, used to describe Tesfaye as "10 people in one" due to his multi-talented nature. Both of Sahlu's parents died during the Second Italo-Ethiopian War. Then, he joined City Hall Theatre along with Getachew Debalke, Getachew Mekuriya and Belay Meressa.

Filmography

Television

Other

Theater Alula Aba Nega Ha Hu Be Sidist Wor King Oedipus Dawitna Orion (David and Orion) Othello Ya Zawntoch kebeb Enat Alem Tenu

Literature

Book "Children! Today's flowers, tomorrow's fruits" (Amharic: Lijoch, Yezare Abebawotch, Yenege Frewoch) (1972) From Fathers to Kids (Amharic: Ke'abbatoch Lelijjoch) (1986) Ababa Tesfaye and his Stories (Amharic: Ababa Tesfaye Ena Teretochachew) Volume 1-4 (2004)

Awards Golden Watch Award by H.I.M. Haile Selassie Lifetime Achievement Award by Ethiopian Fine Art and Mass Media Prize Trust