Tesfaye Gessesse

In this Ethiopian name, the name Gessesse is a patronymic, and the person should be referred by the given name, Tesfaye.
Tesfaye Gessesse
ተስፋዬ ገሰሰ
Tesfaye Gessesse in April 2006
Born(1937-09-27)27 September 1937
Somalia Governorate, Italian East Africa (now Somali Region, Ethiopia)
Died16 December 2020(2020-12-16) (aged 83)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Alma materHaile Selassie I University
Occupations
  • Actor
  • Director
  • Theatre manager
  • Playwright
Years active1950s–2020
Title

Tesfaye Gessesse (Amharic: ተስፋዬ ገሰሰ; 27 September 1937 – 16 December 2020) was an Ethiopian stage and film actor regarded as one of the most important exponents of Ethiopian modern theatre. During a career that spanned 40 years, he was an actor, director, and theatre administrator. He wrote and directed several plays which have a great relevance in the modern history of Ethiopian culture.

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