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Kuraz Publishing Agency

Defunct

A state publishing agency of the Derg period, which issued Amharic translations of Lenin and other Marxist–Leninist texts and textbooks used to teach socialism, as well as literature, including Baalu Girma's novel Oromay (1983). Its founding and closing dates are not documented in the sources consulted.

Years
c. 1974–c. 1987
Location
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Also known as
Kurāz
Affiliation
Derg (Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia)
Languages
Amharic, English
Authority records
Wikidata
Sources
Wikipedia — Oromay

Backlist

50197019801990Founded 1974Closed 19871974: 1 title1979: 5 titles1980: 5 titles1982: 5 titles1983: 2 titles1984: 2 titles1986: 2 titles1987: 1 title1990: 2 titles1991: 1 title1992: 1 title
Titles of Kuraz Publishing Agency by year: 27 dated titles, 1974–1992, most in 1979 (5); 2 undated. Lines mark founded 1974 and closed 1987.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1970s6
1980s17
1990s4
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1974ʼImpériyālizm, kafetñāw yakāpitālizm yaʻedgat darajā✓Vladimir Il’ich LeninAmharic
1979Māʼoyzm✓ — Mafakerenā tagbār—Amharic
1979Polatikāwi ʼīkonomina yaʼAfrikā ʼewenatā✓IU. N. PopovAmharic
1979Soc̆ālizm ba Rusiyā✓—Amharic
1979YaSovyat Hebrat Kominist Pārti tārik (Bolšēvik)✓—Amharic
1979YaVéytenāmāwyān ʼabyot maśaratāwi čegročenā ʼasfalāgi tegbārāt✓Lê DuẩnAmharic
1980Ănd Lamest✓Asfaw Damté & አስፋው ዳምጤAmharic
1980Kominist mahon mālat mendenaw?✓K. U. ChernenkoAmharic
1980Tārikāwi quse-ʼakālenat✓ — Yaḥeberatasab mārksāwi nedefa-hasāb ʼastawāṡʻoV. KellyAmharic
1980Yalemžāt✓Hadis AlamāyahūNot recorded
1980Yätärät abbat✓Täšomä Bǝrhanu & ተሾመ ብርሃኑAmharic
1982Bǝlen✓ — Yäitǝyopǝya därasiyan mahǝbär yäsǝnä ṣǝhuf mäṣǝhetYäʼItyop̣ya därasǝyan mah̲bär & የኢትዮጵያ ደራሲያን ማሕበርAmharic
1982Ṭǝru yamarǝña dǝrsät ǝndet yalä näw!✓ʾÄmsalu ʾÄklilu, አምሳሉ አክሊሉ, Dämǝse Manahǝlot, ደምሴ ማናህሎት, Mäkonnen Argaw & መኰንን አርጋውAmharic
1982YäBǝrhanu Zärihun✓ — Qädämt sǝrawočBǝrhanu Zäryǝhun, ብርሃኑ ዘርይሁን & Alain RicardAmharic
1982Yägäradu wašǝnt✓Nǝgusse ʼAyälä TäkkaAmharic
1982ʼEnbuṭ ṣǝgeräda✓ — Lǝb wälädWändemu Nägaš DästaAmharic
1983'Ade Menlek Yäiteyopeyā 'andenät✓Täklä Ṣādeq MäkwuriyāNot recorded
1983Šäbäṭ ǝnna leloč ač̣ač̣č̣ǝr tarikoč✓Bǝrhan Daññä & ብርሃን ዳኘAmharic
1984Gomi✓Sälämon Lämma, ሰለሞን ለማ & Alain RicardAmharic
1984ኦሮማይበአሉ ግርማAmharic
1986ʹAmāreñā-Englizeñā mazgaba qālāt = Amharic-English dictionary✓ʼAmsālu ʼAkliluAmharic
1986Ámāreñā-Englizeñā Mazgaba Qālāt✓ — Amharic-English DictionaryʼAmsālu ʼAkliluAmharic, English
1987Mulu LibsWegayehu TebejeNot recorded
1990Yägǝčǝle meda✓Täsfaye Gäbrä Marǝyam, ተስፋዬ ገብረ ማርያም & Anaïs WionAmharic
1990ʼEnbuṭ ṣegéradā✓ — Leb waladWandemu Nagāš DastāAmharic
1991ʼOromāy✓Baʼālu GermāAmharic
1992Tatạyaq✓Sibasi LamāAmharic
n.d.Amharic-English DictionaryAmsalu AkliluEnglish
n.d.Short Biographies of Some Ethiopian Artists,1869-1957Taye TadesseEnglish