KOZHIKODE: Malayalam short story writer PK Parakkadavu will now be read in Arabic, as a prominent Arab magazine has started publishing five of his selected stories.
AlMar'a AlYom, a fortnightly published from Abu Dhabi has selected Parakkadavu's 'Vrikshavum Kaviyum' (Tree and Poet), 'Keralam', 'Jwala' (flame), 'Minnal' (Lightning) and 'Aval' (She).
The English translations of these stories had caught the attention of Egyptian-born editor of the magazine Mohammad Id Ibrahim and a story appeared in the August 26 edition of the magazine. "I am happy that my works will now be read in a different language. These stories were earlier translated into English by Yasin Ashraf, a lecturer at the Farook College in Kozhikode," said Parakkadavu.
The storyteller said that Ibrahim had earlier translated Perumbadavam Sreedharan's masterpiece 'Oru Sankeerthanam Pole'. It is indeed a great feeling to fall in that elite list, conceded Paarakkadavu.His stories had earlier been translated into Hindi and Marathi. Parakkadavu said his translator had also expressed interest in compiling at least 100 of his stories into a book in Arabic.