The principal purpose of this research is to identifyrnthe philosophies of life that are evident in the works ofrnMekonnen Endalekachew and Kebede Michael . While Westernrnliterature is very well-known for its development in thernexpression of philo s ophy, it is difficult t o tell what thernstate of Ethiopian li terature is with regard to philosophy.rnIt could not be known for there is, unlike in the West, nornextensive c ritical study aimed at the discovery of the use ofrnphilo s ophy within literary works.rnIn orde r to change this trend, this research is designedrnto look into the phi losophies of Mekonnen Endalekachew andrnKebede Michael. It has been observed from personal studiesrnthat there a re philosophical elements in their works . Inrnaddition to this, since they are contemporaries andrnrepresentatives of writers of the Post~ar period, they arernselected as targe t s of the study .rnAn effort has been made not o~ _ y to identify therndominant philosophies of the writers, bu~ a lso to inves tigaternthe similarity and difference that ex~st between the twornwri ters' works . Following this, an atte~pt is made to detectrnthe kind of relationship that is f ound ce=ween the philosophyrnand the form of the literary works. Whether or not thernphilosophy has affected the form of the literary works inrnterms of characteri zatJ.o!! , f,'lct 2!!d !Oe t ting will be thernconcern of this study .rnThe main find i ng of the resear:Cl is that the re is arnstriking similarity between the p~ilosophy of MekonnenrnEndale kachew and Kebede Michael . In fact it could possiblyrnbe said that there is no difference at all, apart from thernuse a nd selection of the raw ma t e r ial . Unlike theirrncontemporaries who dea l with t he i mme d iat e social, e conomicrnand pol i tica l si tua tions , they have been preoccupied with thernd i s cussion o f death , li f e , fa t e, ti:ne , freedom and humanrnnature . As far as the form of t he i r wor k is concerned , it isrnnoted that there is a rel a tion in that the philosophy shapesrnthe form a good dea l . Since the works are didactic, what thernwriters aim at solely is the transmission of t heirrnphilosophy ; thereby shaping the chara:ters and the p lots inrnsuch a way that the works reveal the ~ ~ messages explicitly