Yeshe dorjee thongchai biography of barack

Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi is a prominent novelist and short story writer. He began his literary career by writing a poem called ‘Joonbai.’ Initially, he confined himself to writing poetry and plays but later expanded his literary work to stories and novels.

Many of his stories are scattered in the pages of magazines like Sangam, Manoranjan, Prantik, and Gariyasi.

He received the Sahitya Academy Award and Bhasha Bharati Sahitya Puraskar for his novel ‘মৌন ওঁঠ মুখৰ হৃদয়’ and the Bishnu Rabha Award of the Assam Sahitya Sabha for his collection of short stories “পাপৰ পুখুৰী.”

In 2020, the Government of India awarded him the Padma Shri, India’s fourth civilian honor, in recognition of his contributions to Literature and education.

Thangchi was born in 1952 in Jagang (Ji) village of Kameng border division of Nepal (now West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh) to a family of Cherdukpen community.

He attended Jigaon Primary School, Bomdila Governm