Meron Hadero is a lawyer and writer who worked on her first novel, which explores contemporary themes in African and diaspora life around hidden texts/stories, politics, history, loss, and forgiveness. She was born in Ethiopia during the dictatorship and came to the United States (via East and West Germany) as a refugee with her family when she was a young child.
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Meron Hadero
Discipline:
Literature – fiction
Region: Oakland, CA
MacDowell Fellowships: 2011
Studios
Star
Meron Hadero worked in the Star studio.
Funded by Alpha Chi Omega, a national fraternity founded in 1885, Star Studio — built in 1911–1912 — was the first studio given to the residency by an outside organization. To this day, Alpha Chi sorority pledges learn the story of Star Studio and its role in supporting American arts and letters. Beginning as a nicely proportioned…