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	'''Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon''' or '''Roop Dhillon''' ([[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ਰੂਪਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ, born 1969) is a British [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] writer of fiction and poetry.		'''Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon''' or '''Roop Dhillon''' ([[Punjabi language\|Punjabi]]: ਰੂਪਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ, born 1969) is a British [[Punjabi people\|Punjabi]] writer of fiction and poetry.

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'''Rupinderpal Singh Dhillon''' or '''Roop Dhillon''' ([[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]: ਰੂਪਿੰਦਰ ਸਿੰਘ ਧਿੱਲੋਨ, born 1969) is a British [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] writer of fiction and poetry.

==Early life and education==
Dhillon was born in [[West London (sub-region)|West London]] and initially raised in [[Southall]]. He studied at [[Oxford Brookes University]] and [[De Montfort University]] and is an accountant. He has been living in Reigate since the mid 2000s.

==Writing career==
Originally intending to write an English novel based on the life of [[Ranjit Singh|Maharaja Ranjit Singh]] in the mode of [[Alexandre Dumas]], Dhillon became interested in writing in [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] after learning the [[Gurmukhi]] alphabet in his thirties.<ref name=city>{{cite web |url=http://www.citysikhs.org.uk/2011/04/60-seconds-with-writer-roop-dhillon/ |title=60 seconds with Punjabi Writer – Roop Dhillon |website=City Sikhs |date=21 April 2011 }}</ref> His debut novel, ''Neela Noor'', was published in 2007. He writes in the locally spoken form of the language whose syntax is influenced by English;<ref name=city/><ref name=Hornet>{{cite web |author=Dalbara Singh Kalsi |url=http://www.apnaorg.com/articles/ds-kalsi-1/ |title=Bharind (The Hornet) by Roop Dhillon, has been published by Lahore Books, Ludhiana |publisher=Academy of the Punjab in North America |accessdate=7 May 2018 }}</ref><ref name=O/> sometimes called 'Punglish', it had not previously been written down.<ref>{{cite news |author=Victoria Allen |url=http://www.redhillandreigatelife.co.uk/news/1110531.author_brings_a_new_language_to_light/ |title=Author brings a new language to light |website=Redhill, Reigate, Horley Life |date=9 January 2007 }}</ref> His work is mainly influenced by Western literature and confronts social issues including racism, gender bias and incest.<ref name=city/> ''Bharind (The Hornet)'' is a collection of short stories and poetry.<ref name=Hornet/> In his later novels such as the experimental gothic novel ''O'', he employs a genre he calls ''Vachitarvaad'', which encompasses science fiction, fantasy, horror and [[magic realism|magical realism]].<ref name=O>{{cite news |author=Rajinder Bachu |url=http://sikhchic.com/books/roop_dhillons_new_novel_o |title=Roop Dhillon's New Novel, 'O' |website=Sikh Chic |date=21 February 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Amarjit Bola |url=http://www.5abi.com/breview/027-O-roop-bola-280315.htm |title=ਰੂਪ ਢਿੱਲੋ ਦਾ ਨਵਾਂ ਨਾਵਲ 'ਓ' |trans-title=The new novel 'O' |website=5abi |date=28 March 2015 |language=Punjabi }}</ref>

Dhillon is a member of the Punjabi Writers Sahit Kendar in Southall and Baagi Batti, a British Asian group of writers who choose to write in their heritage language. He has been working on Chita Te Kala ( The White and The Black) for the last few years.

==Works==
* ''Nila Noor, The Blue Light'', 2007, ({{ISBN|978-1846855641}})
* ''Beghar Baagh, The Homeless Leopard'', 2009
* ''Kaldaar, The Robot'', 2010
* ''Barcelona: Ghar Vaapasi'', 2010
* ''Bharind - The Hornet'', 2011, Lahore Publishers, Ludhiana
* ''O'', 2015, Lokgreet Parkashan, Chandigarh
* ''Gunda - The Gangster'', 2014, Khushjeevan Kitabaan, London<ref>{{cite web |author=Jaswinder Sandhu |url=http://www.5abi.com/breview/014-gunda-jaswinder-250314.htm |title=ਗੁੰਡਾ |trans-title=Gunda |website=5abi |date=25 March 2014 |language=Punjabi }}</ref>
* ''Samurai'', 2018, Gracious Books, Patiala ({{ISBN|978-9387276871}})

== References ==
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