Sathnam Sanghera was born in 1976. He is an award-winning journalist who was previously chief feature writer at The Financial Times and now works for The Times. He lives in London. This is his first book.
| Autor: | Sanghera Sathnam |
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| ISBN: | 9780141028590 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Produktart: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Verlag: | Penguin Books |
| Veröffentlicht: | 30.04.2009 |
| Untertitel: | A Memoir of Love, Secrets and Lies |
| Schlagworte: | BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications Coping with mental health issues LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism News media and journalism Relating to British South Asian people Religious groups: social & cultural aspects SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion Social groups: religious groups and communities Warwickshire, West Midlands |
Sathnam Sanghera was born to Punjabi immigrant parents in Wolverhampton in 1976. He entered the education system unable to speak English but went on to graduate from Christ's College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature. He has been shortlisted for the Costa Book Awards twice, for his memoir The Boy With The Topknot and his novel Marriage Material. Empireland has been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, was named a Book of the Year at the National Book Awards of 2022, and inspired both the Channel 4 series Empire State of Mind and Sanghera's children's book about the British empire Stolen History. He lives in London.