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'''Nachhattar''' is an Indian writer of [[Punjabi literature]]. He won the [[List of Sahitya Akademi Award winners for Punjabi|Sahitya Akademi Award]] in 2017 for his novel ''Slow Down''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::.. |url=https://sahitya-akademi.gov.in/awards/akademi%20samman_suchi.jsp#PUNJABI |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=sahitya-akademi.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=22 December 2017 |title=Sahitya Akedemi Awards 2017 announced for 24 writers in 24 Indian languages |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/gk-current-affairs/story/sahitya-akademi-awards-2017-1112589-2017-12-22 |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Biography ==<br />
Nachhattar was born in a dalit family in [[Barnala district]], [[Punjab, India]]. He worked as a factory worker after completing his matriculation. He went on to work as a clerk at [[Punjab Agricultural University]] while continuing his studies.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=21 December 2017 |title=Nachhatar gets Sahitya Akademi award for Punjabi novel, Megh for Hindi criticism |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/nachhattar-gets-sahitya-akademi-for-his-punjabi-novel-slow-down/story-RtH5UmpiOd3kAqjjyjo5HP.html |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref> He became a bank manager in Delhi and started living there.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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He wrote the novel ''Slow Down'' in 2012 about the recession in the [[Economy of India|Indian economy]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=11 December 2020 |title=Another writer to return Sahitya Akademi Award |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/another-writer-to-return-sahitya-akademi-award/articleshow/79669445.cms |access-date=4 May 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> for which he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017. In 2020, he announced his intention to return the award<ref name=":1" /> in support of the [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|2020-2021 Indian farmers' protest]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 December 2020 |title=Punjabi poet Surjit Patar returns Padma Shri over Centre's attitude towards farmers' demands |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/punjabi-poet-surjit-patar-returns-padma-shri-over-centre-s-attitude-towards-farmers-demands-1747516-2020-12-07 |access-date=4 May 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Punjabi-language writers]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Award in Punjabi]]<br />
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