Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi
BornWest Kameng , Arunachal Pradesh, India
GenreShort Story, Novel, Folk tales, History
Notable awardsThe Bhasha Bharati Award
Sahitya Akademi Award

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (Assamese: য়েছে দৰজে ঠংচি) (born 13 June 1952) is an Assamese writer. He was formerly deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named Junbai'(জোনবাই).[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, Sibsagar, 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

  1. ↑ Meet The Author, New Delhi:Sahitya Akademi, 29 Aug 2016.Print
  2. ↑ "Padma Awards 2020 Announced". pib.gov.in.
  3. ↑ The Hindu Net Desk (26 January 2020). "Full list of 2020 Padma awardees". The Hindu.
  4. 1 2 3 "Akademi awards (1955-2015)". Sahitya Akademi. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi to be Conferred Bhupen Hazarika National Award » Northeast Today". Northeast Today. 16 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi in www.amazon.in". Amazon. Archived from the original on 4 December 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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