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Sathnam Sanghera
British journalist and author (born 1976) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sathnam Sanghera FRSL (born 1976) is a British journalist and best-selling author.[1]
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Early life and education
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents in Wolverhampton in 1976.[2][3] His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.[4][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.[3]
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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]
Sanghera 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.[7]
In 2016, Sanghera was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL).[8][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.[10]
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Personal life
Sanghera lives in North London.[3][11]
Publications
- The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton.[11] 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.[12]
- Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe. Published by Penguin, 2024, ISBN 978-0-241-60041-2.[13]
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Awards
- Young Journalist of the Year at the British Press Awards, 2002.[3]
- 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.[3]
- Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
- Shortlisted for the PEN/Ackerley Prize, 2009.[3]
- Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.[14]
- Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism, University of Wolverhampton, September 2009.[3]
- President's Medal, Royal College of Psychiatrists, 2010.[3]
- Costa Book Awards (First Novel) shortlisted for Marriage Material[15]
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External links
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