A French-English translator and writer, Yves-Marie grew up on the family farm in the French Pyrenees. After leading horse treks in the Showan highlands, in Ethiopia, where he lived for 15 years, Yves-Marie Stranger now lives in France.

Yves-Marie Stranger is the author of The Book of Ethiopia, Pêro da Covilhã’s Hornbook, A Gallop in Ethiopia (also available in French: Un Gallop en Éthiopie) and Ces pas qui trop vite s’effacent. He edited  Ethiopia through writers’ eyes  (Eland Books) and is a contributing author to African train, the Djibouti-Ethiopia railway.

 

 

‘A man sets out to draw the world. As the years go by, he peoples a space with images of provinces, kingdoms, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fishes, rooms, instruments, stars, horses, and individuals. A short time before he dies, he discovers that the patient labyrinth of lines traces the lineaments of his own face.’

Jorge Luis Borges

 

Contact: YMS@Uthiopia.com