{{short description| Ethiopian American writer}} {{Use American English|date=December 2024}}{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}} {{Infobox writer | name = Meron Hadero | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = Ethiopian American | genre = Literary fiction | notableworks = ''A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times'' (2022) | alma_mater = Princeton University <br> University of Michigan (MFA) <br> Yale Law School (JD) | module = | awards = Yaddo, Ragdale, MacDowell fellowships | website = {{URL|https://www.meronhadero.com/}} }} '''Meron Hadero''' is an Ethiopian American writer.<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name= "gradesaver">{{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}}</ref>
Hadero's work has appeared in ''The Best American Short Stories'', ''Ploughshares'', ''Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'', ''Zyzzyva'', ''Addis Ababa Noir'',<ref>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}}</ref> 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<ref name=":1">{{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}}</ref> and "The Street Sweep", included in the colection, won the 2021 Caine Prize for African Writing.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.caineprize.com/press-releases?offset=1632149241251|title=The 2021 AKO Caine Prize for African Writing is awarded to Meron Hadero|publisher=The Caine Prize for African Writing|date=26 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name="gradesaver" />
== Awards and honors ==
=== Literary awards === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Award !Result !{{Abbreviation|Ref.|References}} |- !2020 |''{{Sort|Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times|A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times}}'' {{ref|Alpha|α}} |Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing |{{won}} |<ref name=":1" /> |- !2021 |"The Street Sweep" |Caine Prize for African Writing |{{won}} |<ref>{{cite web |date=26 July 2021 |title=AKO Caine Prize: Meron Hadero named first Ethiopian winner |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57975088 |access-date=7 November 2021 |publisher=BBC News |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825195440/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-57975088 |url-status=live }}</ref> |- ! rowspan="2" |2023 | rowspan="2" |''{{Sort|Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times|A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times}}'' |Hurston/Wright Legacy Award |{{won}} |<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=2023 Legacy Award Winners |url=https://hurstonwright.salsalabs.org/2023legacyawardwinners/index.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240429175120/https://hurstonwright.salsalabs.org/2023legacyawardwinners/index.html |archive-date=April 29, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Hurston/Wright Foundation}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=2023-10-30 |title=By Hands Now Known wins The Hurston/Wright Legacy Award |url=https://crrj.org/efforts/by-hands-now-known-wins-the-hurston-wright-legacy-award/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240216065128/https://crrj.org/efforts/by-hands-now-known-wins-the-hurston-wright-legacy-award/ |archive-date=February 16, 2024 |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=The Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project |language=en-US}}</ref> |- |PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize |{{sho|Finalist}} |<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=2023 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection Finalists |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/2023-pen-literary-award-finalists/2023-pen-robert-w-bingham-prize-for-debut-short-story-collection-finalists/_/N-29Z8q8Z2vdh |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226220852/https://www.barnesandnoble.com/b/books/2023-pen-literary-award-finalists/2023-pen-robert-w-bingham-prize-for-debut-short-story-collection-finalists/_/N-29Z8q8Z2vdh |archive-date=2023-02-26 |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=Barnes & Noble |language=en}}</ref> |}
=== Award notes === :{{note label|Alpha|α}} Formerly called ''Preludes'' at the time given<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
== 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 == {{Reflist}} == External links == * {{Official website|https://www.meronhadero.com/}}
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