Lalzuia Colney

Lalzuia Colney is an Indian academic and writer of Mizo literature. An alumnus of the Government Champhai College, he is a teacher at KVM High School, Mizoram. He has written several books and has contributed chapters to books published by others. Some of his books are prescribed texts for academic studies in Mizoram as well as for the Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) examinations. His book, A phêk ropui chungah, won the Book of the Year Award in 2014. The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the Padma Shri, in 2010, for his contributions to literature.