Meron Hadero
{{short description| Ethiopian American writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Meron Hadero
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| birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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| occupation = Short story writer
| nationality = Ethiopian American
| period = ?–present
| genre = Literary fiction
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| notableworks = A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times (2022)
| alma_mater = Princeton University
University of Michigan (MFA)
Yale Law School (JD)
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| awards = Yaddo, Ragdale, MacDowell fellowships
| website = {{URL|https://www.meronhadero.com/}}
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Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian American writer.{{cite web| url= https://lannan.georgetown.edu/meron-hadero/| title= Meron Hadero| work= Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice| access-date= 2024-01-20| archive-date= 2024-01-20| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240120085154/https://lannan.georgetown.edu/meron-hadero/| url-status= live}} She is known for her debut collection, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times published in 2022 by Restless Books.
Biography
An immigrant to Germany residing in United States, she earned her degree in history from Princeton University, MFA from University of Michigan and JD from Yale Law School.{{cite web|url= https://www.gradesaver.com/author/meron-hadero|title= Biography of Meron Hadero|work= gradesaver.com|access-date= 19 January 2024|archive-date= 20 January 2024|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20240120094628/https://www.gradesaver.com/author/meron-hadero|url-status= live}}
Hadero's work has appeared in The Best American Short Stories, Ploughshares, Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Zyzzyva, Addis Ababa Noir,Addonia, S., Awake, M., Fantaye, G. T., Fisseha, R., Giorgis, H., Girma, L., Hadero, M., Hailemariam, S., Reta, A. (2020). Addis Ababa Noir. United States: Akashic Books.{{isbn|9781617758270}} and 40 Short Stories: A Portable Anthology. She has received the Yaddo, Ragdale, and MacDowell fellowships and was a Steinbeck Fellow at San Jose State University.
Her debut short story collection, A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times, was published in 2022 by Restless Books. It won the Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing{{cite web |date=30 July 2021 |title=Exposing the Realities of Displacement, a Dialogue With Meron Hadero |url=https://africaindialogue.com/2021/07/30/exposing-the-realities-of-displacement-a-dialogue-with-meron-hadero/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120085837/https://africaindialogue.com/2021/07/30/exposing-the-realities-of-displacement-a-dialogue-with-meron-hadero/ |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Africa in Dialogue}} and "The Street Sweep", included, won the Caine Prize for African Writing.{{cite web |last=Umezurike |first=Uchechukwu |date=21 July 2021 |title=[REVIEW]: Meron Hadero's Sense of Hope |url=https://olongoafrica.com/review-meron-haderos-sense-of-hope/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120100754/https://olongoafrica.com/review-meron-haderos-sense-of-hope/ |archive-date=20 January 2024 |access-date=20 January 2024 |work=Olongo Africa}} It was also a finalist for the PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize in 2023.
In addition to writing, Meron served as a research analyst for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Awards and honors
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:{{note label|Alpha|α}} Formerly called Preludes at the time given{{Cite web |date=2020-11-18 |title=Announcing the Winner of the 2020 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing |url=https://restlessbooks.org/blog/2021/1/28/announcing-the-winner-of-the-2020-restless-books-prize-for-new-immigrant-writing |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Restless Books |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Ogbonnaya |first=Chibuike |date=2021-11-18 |title=Meron Hadero Set To Release a Collection of Short Story |url=https://afreecanread.com/gist-corner/meron-hadero-set-to-release-a-collection-of-short-story/ |access-date=2024-12-25 |website=Afreecan Read |language=en-US}}
Bibliography
= Collections =
- {{cite book |first=Meron |last=Hadero |author-mask=2 |title=A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times |year=2022 |location=Brooklyn |publisher=Restless Books |isbn=9781632061188 |edition=hardcover 1st}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.meronhadero.com/}}
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Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American women academics
Category:Ethiopian emigrants to the United States
Category:Ethiopian women writers