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British journalist and author (born 1976)
Sathnam Sanghera
FRSL (born 1976) is a British journalist and best-selling author.
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Early life and education
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents in
Wolverhampton in 1976.
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[3] His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.
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[5] He was raised a
Sikh .
[5] He attended
Wolverhampton Grammar School , an independent school where he had gained a place after passing the
11+ examination and was funded by the government's
Assisted Places Scheme . He graduated from
Christ's College, Cambridge , with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.
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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.
[3] As a student, he worked at the
Express and Star in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "
news bunny " for
L!VE TV .
[6] Between 1998 and 2006, he was a reporter and feature writer for the
Financial Times .
[3]
He joined
The Times as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.
[3] He also writes the motoring column for
Management Today magazine.
[3] His memoir, The Boy with the Topknot (2009), was adapted for
BBC Two in 2017.
[2] His novel Marriage Material , originally published in 2013, was inspired in part by
Arnold Bennett 's
The Old Wives' Tale .
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In 2016, Sanghera was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).
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[9]
In November 2021, his
Channel 4 documentary series about race, Empire State of Mind , received a four-star review in
The Guardian from
Chitra Ramaswamy .
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Personal life
Sanghera lives in
North London .
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Publications
The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton .
[12] 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 .
Stolen History: the Truth About the British Empire and How It Shaped Us . Published by Penguin, 2023, ISBN 978-0-241-62343-5.
[13]
Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe. Published by Penguin, 2024, ISBN 978-0-241-60041-2.
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Awards
Young Journalist of the Year at the
British Press Awards , 2002.
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Article of the Year in the 2005
Management Today Writing Awards.
[3]
Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.
[3]
Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.
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Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
Shortlisted for the
PEN/Ackerley Prize , 2009.
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Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.
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Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism,
University of Wolverhampton , September 2009.
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President's Medal,
Royal College of Psychiatrists , 2010.
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Costa Book Awards (First Novel) shortlisted for Marriage Material
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See also
References
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"Home" . Sathnam Sanghera . Retrieved 24 November 2022 .
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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 .
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"Biog" . Sathnam Sanghera. Retrieved 19 May 2015 .
^ Perkins, Roger,
"Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton" ,
The Telegraph , 9 March 2008.
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b Batt, David,
"Sathnam Sanghera: interview" ,
Time Out , 5 March 2008.
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"Les asiatiques dans les médias | Mag, news, actu, jeux, let's play en folie avec notre amie l'asiatique !" .
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"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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 . Retrieved 27 November 2013 .
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