Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera | |
|---|---|
 Sanghera discusses his bookEmpireLandfor theBritish Libraryin 2021 | |
| Born | 1976 (age 47–48) Wolverhampton,England |
| Education | Wolverhampton Grammar School |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and author |
| Employer(s) | The Times Express and Star |
| Notable work | The Boy with the Topknot(2009) |
| Website | www |
Sathnam SangheraFRSL(born 1976) is an Indian-British journalist and best-selling author.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents inWolverhamptonin 1976.[2][3]His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.[4][5]He was raised aSikh.[5]He attendedWolverhampton Grammar School,an independent school where he had gained a place after passing the11+ examinationand was funded by the government'sAssisted Places Scheme.He graduated fromChrist's College, Cambridge,with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.[3]
Career[edit]
Before becoming a writer, Sanghera worked at a burger chain, a hospital laundry, a market research firm, a sewing factory and a literacy project in New York.[3]As a student, he worked at theExpress and Starin Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "news bunny"forL!VE TV.[6]Between 1998 and 2006, he was a reporter and feature writer for theFinancial Times.[3]
Sanghera joinedThe Timesas a columnist and feature writer in 2007.[3]He also writes the motoring column forManagement Todaymagazine.[3]His memoir,The Boy with the Topknot(2009), was adapted forBBC Twoin 2017.[2]His novelMarriage Material,originally published in 2013, was inspired in part byArnold Bennett'sThe Old Wives' Tale.[7]
In 2016, Sanghera was elected aFellow of the Royal Society of Literature(FRSL).[8][9]
In November 2021, hisChannel 4documentary series about race,Empire State of Mind,received a four-star review inThe GuardianfromChitra Ramaswamy.[10]
Personal life[edit]
Sanghera lives inNorth London.[3][11]
Publications[edit]
- The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton.[11]Published by Penguin, 2008,ISBN978-0-14-102859-0.
- Marriage Material.Published by Europa Editions, 2016,ISBN978-1-60945-317-6.
- Empireland: How Imperialism Has Shaped Modern Britain.Published by Viking, 2021,ISBN978-0-241-44529-7.
- Stolen History: the Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us.Published by Penguin, 2023, ISBN 978-0-241-62343-5.[12]
- Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe.Published by Penguin, 2024, ISBN 978-0-241-60041-2.[13]
Awards[edit]
- Young Journalist of the Year at theBritish Press Awards,2002.[3]
- Article of the Year in the 2005Management TodayWriting Awards.[3]
- Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.[3]
- Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.[3]
- Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
- Shortlisted for thePEN/Ackerley Prize,2009.[3]
- Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.[14]
- Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism,University of Wolverhampton,September 2009.[3]
- President's Medal,Royal College of Psychiatrists,2010.[3]
- Costa Book Awards(First Novel) shortlisted forMarriage Material[15]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^"Home".Sathnam Sanghera.Retrieved24 November2022.
- ^abSaner, Emine (5 November 2017)."Sathnam Sanghera on The Boy with the Topknot: 'Mum cried while she told our story. I cried as I wrote it'".The Observer.Retrieved5 November2017.
- ^abcdefghijklmn"Biog".Sathnam Sanghera.Retrieved19 May2015.
- ^Perkins, Roger (9 March 2008)."Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton".The Telegraph.
- ^abBatt, David (5 March 2008)."Sathnam Sanghera: interview".Time Out.
- ^"Les asiatiques dans les médias | Mag, news, actu, jeux, let's play en folie avec notre amie l'asiatique!".
- ^"Sathnam Sanghera website".
- ^Onwuemezi, Natasha,"Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows",The Bookseller,7 June 2017.
- ^"Sathnam Sanghera",The Royal Society of Literature.
- ^Ramaswamy, Chitra (20 November 2021)."Empire State of Mind review – 'Within moments, I am crying on to my laptop'".The Guardian.
- ^abO'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009)."Interview| Home truths".The Guardian.London.Retrieved4 October2016.
- ^Sanghera, Sathnam.Stolen History.
- ^Sanghera, Sathnam (25 January 2024).Empireworld.
- ^Sundari,"Sikh Author Wins Mind Book of the Year Award",The Langar Hall, 26 May 2009.
- ^Brown, Mark (26 November 2013)."Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist".The Guardian.Retrieved27 November2013.
External links[edit]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Academics | |
| Other | |
- 1976 births
- Living people
- 21st-century British memoirists
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- British memoirists
- British people of Indian descent
- British people of Punjabi descent
- British Sikhs
- English male journalists
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature
- People educated at Wolverhampton Grammar School
- The Times people
- Writers from Wolverhampton