Aida Edemariam

Aida Edemariam
NationalityEthiopian, Canadian
Alma materOxford University; University of Toronto
OccupationJournalist
EmployerThe Guardian
Notable workThe Wife's Tale (2018)
FatherEdemariam Tsega
AwardsJerwood Award;
Ondaatje Prize

Aida Edemariam is an Ethiopian-Canadian journalist based in the UK, who has worked in New York, Toronto and London.[1] She was formerly deputy review and books editor of the Canadian National Post,[2] and is now a senior feature writer and editor at The Guardian in the UK. She lives in Oxford.[1] Her memoir about her Ethiopian grandmother, The Wife's Tale: A Personal History, won the Ondaatje Prize in 2019.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b "Aida Edemariam page". Rogers, Coleridge & White. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. ^ Edemariam, Aida (27 September 2002). "Us? Boring? Ha!". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. ^ Kerr, Michael (13 May 2019). "Aida Edemariam's lyrical biography of Ethiopia wins Ondaatje Prize". The Telegraph.
  4. ^ "Aida Edemariam wins Ondaatje Prize for vivid biography of her Ethiopian grandmother". London, UK: Embassy of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. 15 May 2019.