Abe Gubegna was an Ethiopian writer. His name is sometimes spelled "Abbé" or "Abbie". He published eight novels, five plays, three collections of poetry, and translated several biographies of world leaders as well as other works. Abe mainly wrote in Amharic, but two of his books were written in English.
Abe no Nakamaro , whose Chinese name was Chao Heng, was a Japanese scholar and waka poet of the Nara period. He served on a Japanese envoy to Tang China and later became the Tang duhu of Annan.
Abe no Nakamaro fue un erudito, burócrata y poeta japonés que vivió en la era Nara. Vivió la mayor parte de su vida en la China de la dinastía Tang, donde viajó en 717 y permaneció en ese país hasta su muerte. Su nombre chino fue Zhao Heng (晁衡).