Amravati: In a rare respect, young telugu Author Vemple Sharif“Onti Cheyi” has featured in the English anthology of Indian Best Contemporary Stories of the Year published by the prestigious Aleph Book Company, one of the leading literary publishing houses of South Asian countries. This is the only Telugu story to find a place in the collection of stories. Indian languages, Aleph has published a book titled ‘A Case of Indian Marvels’ which contains stories from 40 of the best contemporary writers from different languages of the country. David Davider, author of several books and served as CEO of Penguinedited this collection. He observed in the foreword to the book that these stories depict many political, economic, historical and human aspects of contemporary India in different genres. He also said that after reading and examining the stories of many current writers from across the country, the book turned out to be the best.
Onti Cheyi, written by Sharif, was translated into English by renowned translator NSM Murthy from Bangalore under the title “Crippled World”. The English translation of the story has also been published in “The Indian Literature”, a prestigious bi-monthly publication of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi. Vempalle Sharif, who hails from Kadapa district, expressed happiness over his story getting a place in the prestigious anthology. He said that it is a privilege for him to get international readership through the anthology. Sharif, a recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, also received the Chaso Sfoothi Award, Gidugu Ramamurthy Panthulu Basha Seva Award, Vimala Shanti and Kolakaluri Katha Award at the state level.
Onti Cheyi, written by Sharif, was translated into English by renowned translator NSM Murthy from Bangalore under the title “Crippled World”. The English translation of the story has also been published in “The Indian Literature”, a prestigious bi-monthly publication of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi. Vempalle Sharif, who hails from Kadapa district, expressed happiness over his story getting a place in the prestigious anthology. He said that it is a privilege for him to get international readership through the anthology. Sharif, a recipient of the Kendra Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar, also received the Chaso Sfoothi Award, Gidugu Ramamurthy Panthulu Basha Seva Award, Vimala Shanti and Kolakaluri Katha Award at the state level.