Āfeworq Gebre Īyesūs (Amharic: አፈ ፡ ወርቅ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ኢየሱስ ፡ ዘብሔረ ፡ ዘጌ?; Italian: Afevork Ghevre-Jesus; July 10, 1868 – September 25, 1947) was an Ethiopian writer, who wrote the first novel in Amharic, Libb Wolled Tarik ("A Heart-born Story"). Bahru Zewde writes, "Few people before or after him have demonstrated such superb mastery of the Amharic language.