Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera (born 1976) is a British journalist and author.
Early life and education[]
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents in Wolverhampton in 1976.[1][2] His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.[3][4] He was raised a Sikh.[4] He was privately educated at the independent Wolverhampton Grammar School and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.[2]
Career[]
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.[2] As a student he worked at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "news bunny" for L!VE TV.[5] Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Financial Times.[2]
He joined The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.[2] He also writes the motoring column for Management Today magazine.[2] His memoir, The Boy With The Topknot (2009) was adapted for BBC Two in 2017.[1]
In 2016, Sanghera was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[6][7]
Personal life[]
He is single and lives in North London.[8][2]
Publications[]
- The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton.[9] Published by Penguin, 2008, ISBN 978-0-14-102859-0.
- Marriage Material. Published by Europa Editions, 2016, ISBN 978-1-60945-317-6.
- EmpireLand: How Imperialism has Shaped Modern Britain. Published by Viking, 2021, ISBN 978-0-241-44529-7.
Awards[]
- Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, 2002.[2]
- Article of the Year in the 2005 Management Today Writing Awards.[2]
- Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.[2]
- Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.[2]
- Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
- Shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2009.[2]
- Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.[10]
- Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism, University of Wolverhampton, September 2009.[2]
- President's Medal, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010.[2]
- Costa Book Awards (First Novel) shortlisted for Marriage Material[11]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Saner, 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. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Biog". Sathnam Sanghera. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ Perkins, Roger, "Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton", The Telegraph, 9 March 2008.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Batt, David, "Sathnam Sanghera: interview", Time Out, 5 March 2008.
- ^ "Les asiatiques dans les médias | Mag, news, actu, jeux, let's play en folie avec notre amie l'asiatique !".
- ^ Onwuemezi, Natasha, "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows", The Bookseller, 7 June 2017.
- ^ "Sathnam Sanghera", The Royal Society of Literature.
- ^ O'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009). "Home truths". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ^ O'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009). "Interview: Sathnam Sanghera, author of a candid memoir about mental illness". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "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. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
External links[]
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- 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
- People from Wolverhampton
- The Times people