Rongbong Terang

Rongbong Terang
Born Rongbong Terang
(1937-01-13) 13 January 1937
Lumbungdingpi (near Bokoliaghat), Assam, India
Occupation Academician, Novelist, Poet
Language Karbi
Nationality Indian
Ethnicity Karbi
Notable works Rongmilir Hanhi (1981)
Notable awards Padma Shri (1989)
Assam Valley Literary Award (2008)
Spouse Kanam Hansepi
Children 4

Rongbong Terang (Assamese: ৰংবং তেৰাং) is a literary figure from Assam, India. He is a Padmashree Awardee for his literary work Rongmilir Hanhi (1981).

Rongbong Terang worked as an Assamese teacher in Diphu Govt. Boy High School. Then as an Assamese lecturer in Diphu Govt. College and acted as Principal-in-charge in April 1, 2000 and retired on November 30, 2002. [1] He was also the president of Asam Sahitya Sabha for two terms.

Education

He studied in Lanka High School. He was in the first batch to pass out of the school.

Selected works

Awards

References

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