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Dr. Tsewang Yishey Pemba (5 June 1932 – 26 November 2011) MBBS (London) FRCS was the first Tibetan to become a doctor in western medicine, and to become a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons.[1] He founded the first hospital in Bhutan. He is also credited for writing the first work of fiction by a Tibetan in English, "Idols on the Path",[2] published in 1966, and is also regarded as the first Tibetan to publish a book in English, "Young Days in Tibet",[3] published by Jonathan Cape in 1957.[4]
- ^ Mckay, Alex (2008). Their Footprints Remain: Biomedical Beginnings Across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier. Amsterdam University Press. p. 170. ISBN 978-90-5356-518-6.
- ^ Pemba, Tsewang (1966). Idols on the path. London: Cape. p. 251. ASIN B0006BSD3O.
- ^ Pemba, Tsewang (1957). Young Days in Tibet. Cape. ASIN B001813L2O.
- ^ "Tsewang Yishey Pemba". The Daily Telegraph. 28 December 2011. Retrieved 10 January 2012.