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|birth_place=[[Wolverhampton]], United Kingdom
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|work_institutions=[[The Times]]<br>''[[Express and Star]]''<br>[[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]]
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'''Sathnam Sanghera''' (born 1976) is a British journalist and best-selling author.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home |url=https://www.sathnam.com/ |access-date=2022-11-24 |website=Sathnam Sanghera |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life and education==

Sathnam Sanghera was born to Indian Punjabi parents in [[Wolverhampton]] in 1976.<ref name="ob"/><ref name="Biog">{{cite web | url=http://www.sathnam.com/Biog/ | title=Biog | publisher=Sathnam Sanghera | accessdate=19 May 2015}}</ref> His parents had emigrated from India to the UK in 1968.<ref>Perkins, Roger, [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/fictionreviews/3671726/Loves-secrets-and-lies-in-Wolverhampton.html "Loves, secrets and lies in Wolverhampton"], ''[[Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]'', 9 March 2008.</ref><ref name=TimeOut>Batt, David, [http://www.timeout.com/london/books/features/4369/Sathnam_Sanghera-interview.html "Sathnam Sanghera: interview"], ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', 5 March 2008.</ref> He was raised a [[Sikh]].<ref name=TimeOut /> He attended [[Wolverhampton Grammar School]] and graduated from [[Christ's College, Cambridge]], with a first-class degree in English Language and Literature in 1998.<ref name="Biog"/>

==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.<ref name="Biog"/> As a student he worked at the ''[[Express and Star]]'' in Wolverhampton and dressed up as a "[[news bunny]]" for [[L!VE TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/music/1726|title = Les asiatiques dans les médias | Mag, news, actu, jeux, let's play en folie avec notre amie l'asiatique !}}</ref> Between 1998 and 2006 he was a reporter and feature writer for the ''[[Financial Times]]''.<ref name="Biog"/>

He joined ''[[The Times]]'' as a columnist and feature writer in 2007.<ref name="Biog"/> He also writes the motoring column for ''[[Management Today]]'' magazine.<ref name="Biog"/> His memoir, ''The Boy with the Topknot'' (2009) was adapted for [[BBC Two]] in 2017.<ref name="ob">{{cite news|last=Saner|first=Emine|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/nov/05/boy-with-the-topknot-sathnam-sanghera-bbc-drama-mental-illness|title=Sathnam Sanghera on The Boy with the Topknot: 'Mum cried while she told our story. I cried as I wrote it'|work=The Observer|date=5 November 2017|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref> His novel ''Marriage Material'', originally published in 2013, was inspired in part by Arnold Bennett's ''[[The Old Wives' Tale]].''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sathnam Sanghera website |url=https://www.sathnam.com/novel/}}</ref>

In 2016, Sanghera was elected a [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature]].<ref>Onwuemezi, Natasha, [http://www.thebookseller.com/news/syal-and-mcdermid-named-new-rsl-fellows-564396 "Rankin, McDermid and Levy named new RSL fellows"], ''[[The Bookseller]]'', 7 June 2017.</ref><ref>[https://rsliterature.org/fellow/sathnam-sanghera/ "Sathnam Sanghera"], The Royal Society of Literature.</ref>

In November 2021, his [[Channel 4]] documentary series about race, ''Empire State of Mind'', got a four star review in ''[[The Guardian]]'' from Chitra Ramaswamy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/nov/20/empire-state-of-mind-review-i-started-crying-on-to-my-laptop|title=Empire State of Mind review – 'Within moments, I am crying on to my laptop'|date=20 November 2021|website=the Guardian}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Sanghera lives in North London.<ref name="Guardian 19 August 2009">{{cite news |last= O'Hara |first= Mary |title= Home truths |url= https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/aug/19/interview-sathnam-sanghera-mental-illness| date= 19 August 2009 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London| accessdate=4 October 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Biog"/>

==Publications==

* ''The Boy with the Topknot: A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies in Wolverhampton''.<ref name="Interview">{{cite news|last=O'Hara|first=Mary|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2009/aug/19/interview-sathnam-sanghera-mental-illness|title=Interview: Sathnam Sanghera, author of a candid memoir about mental illness|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=19 August 2009|accessdate=5 November 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sanghera |first=Sathnam |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/454069/stolen-history-by-sanghera-sathnam/9780241623435 |title=Stolen History |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==

* Young Journalist of the Year at the [[British Press Awards]], 2002.<ref name="Biog"/>
* Article of the Year in the 2005 ''[[Management Today]]'' Writing Awards.<ref name="Biog"/>
* Newspaper Feature of the Year, Workworld Media Awards.<ref name="Biog"/>
* Journalist of the Year, Watson Wyatt Awards, 2006 and 2009.<ref name="Biog"/>
* Shortlisted for the Costa Biography Award, 2009
* Shortlisted for the [[PEN/Ackerley Prize]], 2009.<ref name="Biog"/>
* Winner, Mind Book of the Year, 2009.<ref>[http://thelangarhall.com/health/sikh-author-wins-mind-book-of-the-year-award/ "Sikh Author Wins Mind Book of the Year Award"], The Langar Hall, 26 May 2009.</ref>
* Honorary Doctor of Letters for services to journalism, [[University of Wolverhampton]], September 2009.<ref name="Biog"/>
* President's Medal, [[Royal College of Psychiatrists]], 2010.<ref name="Biog"/>
* [[2013 Costa Book Awards|Costa Book Awards]] (First Novel) shortlisted for ''Marriage Material''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/26/costa-book-award-shortlists-2013 |title=Costa book awards 2013: late author on all-female fiction shortlist |work=The Guardian |author=Brown, Mark |date=26 November 2013 |accessdate=27 November 2013}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[List of British Sikhs]]
* [[David Olusoga]]

== References ==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official|http://www.sathnam.com/}}

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