Biniyam Habtamu

Binyiam Habtamu (Amharic: ቢኒያም ሐብታሙ, born November 12, 1984) is an Ethiopian blogger and author. He published his first book in 2004, entitled '''የወንደ-ላጤውና የሰራተኛዋ ‘ሜሞ’ እና ሌሎች (The Bachelor’s and The Maid’s Memo and Others). He attended school at Nestanet Birhan elementary school and high school at Abiyot Kirs and Bole Senior Secondary Schools. As a teenager, Biniyam started writing English poems. Prior to his writing career in the Amharic language, Biniyam was a freelance contributor for The Sub-Saharan Newspaper and Zoma Magazine.

In 2012, Biniyam started blogging and contributing to Amharic newspapers namely Addis Admas and Ethio-Mihidar.

Writing career

Biniyam also writes up to three blog posts a week at his blog.

In 2014 Biniyam published his first book, "የወንደ-ላጤውና የሰራተኛዋ ‘ሜሞ’ እና ሌሎች" (The Bachelor’s and The Maid’s Memo and Others). The book narrates AbOUT a work relationship between a bachelor named Nahom and his maid Gebyanesh (Gabi) through their daily notes, which cover different socio-economic, personal and current affairs.

Social Media

Biniyam Habtamu is a writer with a large community online. The author has around 10,000 fans only on his Facebook.