Sathnam Sanghera

Sathnam Sanghera (born 1976) is a British journalist and author.

Early life and education

Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi parents in Wolverhampton in 1976.[1] His parents had emigrated to the UK in 1968.[2][3] He was raised as a Sikh.[3] He attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge, with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.[1]

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.[1] As a student he worked at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "news bunny" for L!VE TV.[4] Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Financial Times.[1]

He joined The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.[1] He also writes the motoring column for Management Today magazine.[1] His memoir, The Boy With The Topknot (2009) was adapted for BBC Two in 2017.[5]

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][1]

Publications
  • The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton.[9] Published by Penguin, 2008, ISBN 0141028599.
  • Marriage Material Published by Europa Editions, 2016, ISBN 9781609453176.

Awards
  • Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, 2002.[1]
  • Article of the Year in the 2005 Management Today Writing Awards.[1]
  • Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.[1]
  • Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.[1]
  • Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
  • Shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2009.[1]
  • Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.[10]
  • Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism, University of Wolverhampton, September 2009.[1]
  • President's Medal, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010.[1]
  • Costa Book Awards (First Novel) shortlisted for Marriage Material[11]
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See also

References
  1. "Biog". Sathnam Sanghera. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  2. Perkins, Roger, "Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton", The Telegraph, 9 March 2008.
  3. Batt, David, "Sathnam Sanghera: interview", Time Out, 5 March 2008.
  4. http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/music/1726
  5. 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.
  6. Onwuemezi, Natasha, "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows", The Bookseller, 7 June 2017.
  7. "Sathnam Sanghera", The Royal Society of Literature.
  8. O'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009). "Home truths". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
  9. O'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009). "Interview: Sathnam Sanghera, author of a candid memoir about mental illness". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  10. "Sikh Author Wins Mind Book of the Year Award", The Langar Hall, 26 May 2009.
  11. Brown, Mark (26 November 2013). "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
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