Sathnam Sanghera
Sathnam Sanghera (born Wolverhampton, 1976) is an award-winning 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.[4] At the age of ten he worked part-time in a sewing factory.[5] He attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and graduated from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.[6]
Career
Before becoming a writer Sathnam worked at a burger chain, a hospital laundry, a market research firm, a sewing factory and a literacy project in New York.[7] As a student he worked at the Express and Star in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "news bunny" for L!VE TV.[8] Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the Financial Times.[9]
He joined The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.[10] He also writes for Management Today magazine.[11]
Publications
- "The Boy With The Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton". Published by Penguin, 2008.
Awards
- Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, 2002.[12]
- Article of the Year in the 2005 Management Today Writing Awards.[13]
- Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.[14]
- Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.[15]
- Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
- Shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2009.[16]
- Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.[17]
- Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism, University of Wolverhampton, September 2009.[18]
- President's Medal, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010.[19]
- Costa Book Awards (First Novel) shortlisted for Marriage Material[20]
Personal life
He is single and lives in North London.[21][22]
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.sathnam.com/Biog/
- ↑ http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3671726/Loves-secrets-and-lies-in-Wolverhampton.html
- ↑ http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/4369/Sathnam_Sanghera-interview.html
- ↑ http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/4369/Sathnam_Sanghera-interview.html
- ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3389784.ece
- ↑ http://www.sathnam.com/Biog/
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- ↑ http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/music/1726
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- ↑ http://thelangarhall.com/health/sikh-author-wins-mind-book-of-the-year-award/
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- ↑ Mark Brown (26 November 2013). "Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist". The Guardian. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
- ↑ http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/aug/19/interview-sathnam-sanghera-mental-illness,
- ↑ http://www.sathnam.com/Biog/