Dinaw Mengestu (ዲናው መንግስቱ) (born 30 June 1978) is an Ethiopian American novelist and writer. In addition to three novels, he has written for Rolling Stone...
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Things That Heaven Bears is the first novel by the Ethiopian author Dinaw Mengestu. Published in 2007 by the Penguin Group, the novel focuses on the life...
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Lockwood, Sarah Vowell, the Dalai Lama, Chang-rae Lee, Meg Wolitzer, Dinaw Mengestu, Daniel Alarcón, Daniel H. Pink, Steven Johnson, Jon Ronson, Ellen Burstyn...
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professor of mechanical engineering, National Academy of Engineering Fellow Dinaw Mengestu – author Electron Kebebew – Chief Surgeon, Stanford University – Department...
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Kelly, Min Jin Lee, Franklin Leonard, Margo Lowy, Margaret Munzer Loeb, Dinaw Mengestu, Ken Miller, Wesley Morris, Paul Muldoon, Lynn Nottage, George Packer...
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Dennis McFarland Jon McGregor Mameve Medwed James Meek Pauline Melville Dinaw Mengestu Claire Messud Marissa Meyer Philipp Meyer Stephenie Meyer China Miéville...
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governments and militaries of the other countries where the LRA is active. Dinaw Mengestu, an Ethiopian American writer and Africa researcher, wrote that the...
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neurobiologist An-My Lê, photographer Sarkis Mazmanian, medical microbiologist Dinaw Mengestu, writer Maurice Lim Miller, social services innovator Dylan C. Penningroth...
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(October 2, 2012). "MacArthur 'genius' grants go to Junot Díaz and Dinaw Mengestu". The Guardian. London. Retrieved October 29, 2012. "Junot Díaz wins...
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2006: Chris Hedges 2007: Jeremy Scahill 2007: Sinéad Morrissey 2007: Dinaw Mengestu 2007: Edie Meidav 2007: Daniel Alarcón 2007: Paula Gunn Allen 2008:...
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(First ed.). Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran & Company. OCLC 288770. Mengestu, Dinaw (2014). All our names (First ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 978-0-385-34998-7...
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Palestine. The letter was also signed by two previous winners of the prize. Dinaw Mengestu–who had was originally set to serve on the jury that year–resigned in...
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American Cancer Society. Retrieved June 22, 2011. "Charles Simic and Dinaw Mengestu Win Prize for Foreign-Born Writers". G&A: The Contest Blog. Poets &...
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the magazine, he edited Mary Gaitskill, Kenzaburō Ōe, Rana Dasgupta, Dinaw Mengestu, Peter Carey, Jeanette Winterson, Natsuo Kirino, Victor LaValle, Herta...
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Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin (1936–2006) Moges Kebede Tāddasa Lībān Tsehay Melaku Dinaw Mengestu (1978–) Maaza Mengiste (1974–) Nega Mezlekia (1958–) Martha Nasibù (1931–2020)...
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Adam Ibrahim (Nigeria) Stanley Onjezani Kenani (Malawi/Switzerland) Dinaw Mengestu (Ethiopia/US) Nadifa Mohamed (Somalia/UK) Nthikeng Mohlele (South Africa)...
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poetry Afawarq Gabra Iyasus Moges Kebede Kebede Michael Maaza Mengiste Dinaw Mengestu Eskinder Nega Heruy Welde Sellase Abiye Teklemariam Alemayehu Fentaw...
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broadcast journalist and TV host on Dateline NBC and the Today Show Dinaw Mengestu, Ethiopian, author Charles Mudede, Zimbabwean, filmmaker and film critic...
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judging panel, award-winning Ethiopian-American novelist and writer Dinaw Mengestu, announced Makena as the winner of the £10,000 prize at an award dinner...
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Lecteurs". La Réunion des Livres (in French). Retrieved 3 November 2021. Mengestu, Dinaw (22 May 2024). "How Should the Stories of Migrants Be Told?". The New...
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Sana Krasikov Catherine Lacey Ben Lerner Karan Mahajan Anthony Marra Dinaw Mengestu Ottessa Moshfegh Chinelo Okparanta Esmé Weijun Wang Claire Vaye Watkins...
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Cleary, John Darnielle, Anne Ishii, and Brad Johnson and chaired by Dinaw Mengestu. The longlist was announced on September 16 with the shortlist following...
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Poetry Award, Pushcart Prize, three Academy of American Poets Prizes Dinaw Mengestu (M.F.A.) – novelist and writer; 2012 MacArthur Fellowship Richard A...
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George P. Pelecanos' novel Shame the Devil as a "D.C. legend" and in Dinaw Mengestu's novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears and in lyrics by Giant...
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finalists Book Ref. 2014 Lily King Euphoria Siri Hustvedt The Blazing World Dinaw Mengestu All Our Names Brian Morton Florence Gordon Bill Roorbach The Remedy...
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Alemayehu (1910–2003) Āfawarq Gabra Iyasus (1868–1947) Moges Kebede Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978) Maaza Mengiste (born 1971) Nega Mezlekia (born 1958) Hama...
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Novuyo Rosa (2013). Shadows. Kwela Books. ISBN 978-0-7957-0480-2. Mengestu, Dinaw (8 March 2019). "A First Novel Explores Zimbabwe's Troubled History"...
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Marechera (1952–1987), Zimbabwe Zakes Mda (born 1948), South Africa Dinaw Mengestu (born 1978), Ethiopia/US Maaza Mengiste (born 1971), Ethiopia/US Felix...
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"Mama Tutu" Belay. The novel The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears by Dinaw Mengestu is about an Ethiopian who moved to Washington, D.C. to get political...
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works of Wole Soyinka, Segun Afolabi, Uche James-Iroha, Funmi Iyanda, Dinaw Mengestu, Barbara Murray, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Helon...
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