28 Facts About Laltluangliana Khiangte

Latluangliana Khiangte is a Mizo academic, playwright and poet of Mizo literature.

Laltluangliana Khiangte was the principal of the Serampore College and a former professor at Pachhunga University College and the North Eastern Hill University.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is presently serving as the senior most professor at the Department of Mizo at Mizoram University.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is a recipient of the Pu Buanga Award, the highest literary award of the Mizo Academy of Letters.

Latluangliana Laltluangliana Khiangte is a well-known playwright-dramatist, poet, scholar-critic, essayist, biographer and folklorist from the state of Mizoram.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has taken life as known to the Mizo tribal society as his subject and fictionalized it, thus instituting a different genre especially in the field of playwriting.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has not only achieved distinction of being recognized as a playwright and poet but is one of the most prominent writers and folklorists of North East India.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has received many awards for his remarkable contribution to the development and growth of Mizo language and literature.

Laltluangliana Khiangte was born on 28 June 1961 to a Presbyterian church elder Tlanghmingthanga of Khiangte clan and Mrs Darngeni of Khawlhring clan.

Laltluangliana Khiangte was convener of Civil Rights Committee under NEICC, former executive member in North East India Christian Council for three terms, and a church elder with important engagements in God's mission in various capacities.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has written more than 30 plays, out of which 24 have been published.

Laltluangliana Khiangte's plays, articles, essays and poems have been translated into Hindi, Bengali, Assamese, Kokborok and his play Chharmawia has been serialised for Doordarshan.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has been acclaimed as Writer of the year in the years 2002,2003 and 2004 by the popular opinion poll conducted by Lelte Weekly in Mizoram.

Professor Laltluangliana Khiangte has edited a literary journal called Thu leh Hla and other journals including Hruaitu.

Laltluangliana Khiangte's articles have been published in various journals of India including Sahitya Akademi's Indian Literature and Mumbai's Midday, Bangladesh's Bharat Bachitra etc.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is the present Editor-in-Chief of Mizo Studies, a quarterly refereed journal with.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has presented more than 320 papers in Seminars, Consultations, Training and Workshops, of which more than 170 are written in English for the International, National, Regional programmes.

Laltluangliana Khiangte continues to be active in the North East Writer Forum, Tribal Literary Conference of India, Community of women and men in Mission.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is a life member of INTACH, YMCA, YMA, Leprosy Mission of India, Mizo Academy of Letters, United Writers Association of India, All India Tribal Literary Forum, Indian Society of Authors, Tribal Literary Forum of India, Gideons International etc.

Laltluangliana Khiangte taught Mizo language and literature in Aizawl's premier institution of learning, Pachhunga University College, from 1985.

Laltluangliana Khiangte joined the postgraduate department of Mizo as a reader in 1999 under North Eastern Hill University, Mizoram Campus, and became a full-fledged professor in 2005.

Laltluangliana Khiangte has been elected for the president of Mizo Academy of Letters, that is the State Academy of Mizoram.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is the president of Tribal Literary Forum of India and vice president of All India Tribal Literary Forum.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is residing in Fakrun, B-43, Mission Veng, Aizawl-796001, Mizoram, India.

Laltluangliana Khiangte was awarded the Book of the Year by the Mizo Academy of Letters for his play, Pasaltha Khuangchera in 1997.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is a three-time winner of the Lelte Best Writer Award, winning it in 2001 through 2003.

Laltluangliana Khiangte received the Rashtriya Lok Bhasa Sanman in 2003 and the Bharat Adivasi Sanman in 2005 and the Distinguished Playwright Award, in between.

Laltluangliana Khiangte is a recipient of the K Zawla Award in Literature and Khuangchera Award.