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] At the age of 10 he worked part-time in a sewing factory.[4] 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.[5] 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 for Management Today magazine.[1]
In 2016 Sanghera was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.[6][7]
Publications
- The Boy With The Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton.[8] 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.[9]
- 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[10]
Personal life
He is single and lives in North London.[11][1]
Sanghera's Law
Sanghera's Law states that the probability of any tweet with more than 50 retweets leading to a discussion about Sharia Law is 100%. [12]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Biog". Sathnam Sanghera. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ Perkins, Roger, "Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton", The Telegraph, 9 March 2008.
- 1 2 Batt, David, "Sathnam Sanghera: interview", Time Out, 5 March 2008.
- ↑ http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article3389784.ece
- ↑ http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/music/1726
- ↑ 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). "Interview: Sathnam Sanghera, author of a candid memoir about mental illness". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ O'Hara, Mary (19 August 2009). "Home truths". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 4 October 2016.
- ↑ Sanghera, Sathnam. "Rule: any tweet with more than 50 RTs will, regardless of subject, prompt an interminable "discussion" about sharia law". Twitter.