Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi

Indian writer

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi

Born	West Kameng , Arunachal Pradesh, India
Genre	Short Story, Novel, Folk tales, History
Notable awards	The Bhasha Bharati Award Sahitya Akademi Award

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (born 13 June 1952) is an Assamese writer. He was formerly deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named Junbai'.^[1]

He is the recipient of India's prestigious award Padma Shri 2020 for his work in the field of literature and education.^[2]^[3]

Awards

Padmashri- Govt of India, 2020
Sahitya Akademi Award, 2005 for Assamese novel Mauna Outh Mukhar Hriday (Silent lips, Murmuring Heart)^[4]
Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha Literary Award-Assam Sahitya Sabha-2001
Sukapha Award- Govt of Assam 2021
Assam Valley Literary Award- Williamson Megor Educational trust. Kolkata 2017
Bhasha Bharati Award from the central Institute of Indian languages (CIIL) Mysore. 2005
Acharjya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Sanman, Hindi Parishad, Prayagraj 2019
Bodosa Award- All Moran Students Union, 2019
Special Achievement Award (Literature)- Buddhist Cultural Preservation Society, Bomdila. 2013
Sadin-Pratidin Gosthi Special Achievement Award (Literature and Journalism). 2017
DrBhupen Hazarika Sanhati Bota 2016 by Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Trust, Kolkata-Guwahati
Rangbang Terang Samanyay Award-2018- Sinthar Prakashan, Bololiaghat, Karbi Anglong. Assam
Dr.Maidul Islam Bora literary Award, 2014 Dr. M.I Bora Trust, Seebsagar, Assam
Lakhiminath Bezbaruah Literary Award 2018 Assam
Phulchand Khandelwal Sanghati Bata award, 2001^[4]
Basudev Jalan Award from Assam Sahitya Sabha^[4]
Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 from Sarhad (a Pune based NGO).^[5]
D.Litt (Honoris Causa)-Dibrugarh University Assam

Works

Novels

Mauna Outh Mukhar Hriday (Silent lips, Murmuring Heart), 2005
Sonam, 1982
Lingjhik
Bih Kanyar deshat
Saw kata Manuh
Mishing
Moi Akou janam lom

Collections of Short Stories

Papor pukhuri (A Sinful of Pond)
Bah Fular Gundh
Anya Ekhan pratiyugita
Dhar aru Ananya Galpa

Folktales

Kameng Simantar Sadhu

History of Community

Sherdukpen Janajatir Itibritya

Travelougue-

Dhuniya Manuhar Dhuniya Deshat ( Travel to South Korea)

Translations- 1. Into Assamese-

Sainikar Senapati (Translation of Gen. J.J.Singh's autobiography 'The Soldier's General')
Prabahat Mukta Jiwan (Translation of His Holiness Dalai Lama's autobiography Freedom in Exile with his foreword)
Bodhucharyavatara ( Translation of Acharya Shantideva's Sanskrit Buddhist classic of sixth century in poetic form)

2. Into English-

Heart to Heart (Translation of Lummer Dai's Assamese novel Mon aru Mon)

Autobiography-

Hanhi aru Sakulor Saisav (First part of autobiography)

Books

Yeshe Dorje Thongchi Books in Amazon.^[6]

References

^ Meet The Author, New Delhi:Sahitya Akademi, 29 Aug 2016.Print
^ "Padma Awards 2020 Announced". pib.gov.in.
^ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Full list of 2020 Padma awardees". The Hindu.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Akademi awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
^ "Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi to be Conferred Bhupen Hazarika National Award » Northeast Today". Northeast Today. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
^ "Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi in www.amazon.in". Amazon. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.