THE WAVE OF THE CRESCENT  (Paperback, gorati venkanna)

Gorati Venkanna has carved a niche for himself as a representative poet of Telangana for his poetry has an abundance of imagery, drawn from the flora and fauna associated with Nature. As a child brought up in the village of Gowraram in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana he observed nature keenly and learnt many lessons of life in the very lap of nature. The Wave of the Crescentis a collection of poems extracted from his two anthologies in Telugu, Ala Sendravankaand Rela Poothalu. Utmost care has been evinced to keep the originality alive in rendition of poems into English. This anthology is certainly a culmination of enterprise and expertise. -- Dr. Manthena Damodara Chary, Translator and Poet.