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{{Short description|Indian writer (born 1952)}}
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| birth_date = 13 June 1952<ref>{{cite news|first=Damien |last=Lepcha |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/bhupen-award-for-ne-writer/cid/1433891 |title=Bhupen award for NE writer |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[West Kameng]], [[Arunachal Pradesh]], India
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'''Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi''' (born 13 June 1952) is an Arunachali writer. He was formerly a deputy commissioner. His first literary creation is a poem named 'Junbai'.<ref>''Meet The Author'', New Delhi:Sahitya Akademi, 29 Aug 2016.Print</ref>

He is the recipient of India's prestigious award [[Padma Shri]] 2020 for his work in the field of literature and education.<ref>{{cite web |title=Padma Awards 2020 Announced |url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=197647 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=The Hindu Net Desk |title=Full list of 2020 Padma awardees |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/full-list-of-2020-padma-awardees/article30656841.ece |work=The Hindu |date=26 January 2020 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==Early life and education ==
Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, born on June 13, 1952, in Jigaon, West Kameng district, [[North-East Frontier Agency]]. Thongchi completed his undergraduate studies at [[Cotton University |Cotton College]] and went on to complete his master's degree at [[Gauhati University]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Damien |last=Lepcha |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/bhupen-award-for-ne-writer/cid/1433891 |title=Bhupen award for NE writer |date=16 June 2017 |access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref>

==Awards==
*Padmashri- Govt of India, 2020
* [[Sahitya Akademi Award]], 2005 for Assamese novel ''Mauna Outh Mukhar Hriday'' (Silent lips, Murmuring Heart)<ref name="auto">{{cite web |title=Akademi awards (1955-2015) |url=http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#ASSAMESE |publisher=[[Sahitya Akademi]] |access-date=3 September 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084937/http://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/sahitya-akademi/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#ASSAMESE |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* 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<ref name="auto"/>
* Basudev Jalan Award from Assam Sahitya Sabha<ref name="auto"/>
* Bhupen Hazarika National Award 2017 from Sarhad (a Pune based NGO).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/yeshe-dorjee-thongchi-to-be-conferred-bhupen-hazarika-national-award/|title=Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi to be Conferred Bhupen Hazarika National Award » Northeast Today|date=2017-06-16|work=Northeast Today|access-date=2017-06-16|language=en-US}}</ref>
* 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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Yeshe Dorjee Thongshi in www.amazon.in|url=https://www.amazon.in/Books-Yeshe-Dorjee-Thongchi/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AYeshe+Dorjee+Thongchi|website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211204110253/https://www.amazon.in/Books-Yeshe-Dorjee-Thongchi/s?rh=n%3A976389031%2Cp_27%3AYeshe+Dorjee+Thongchi|archive-date=4 December 2021|access-date=4 December 2021}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Padma Shri Award Recipients in Literature & Education}}

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[[Category:Indian male short story writers]]
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[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in literature and education]]

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