Template:Infobox writerAmandeep Sandhu (Template:Lang-pa, born 1973) is a Punjabi writer and journalist who writes in English. His second novel Roll of Honour was nominated for Hindu Literary Prize for Best Fiction in 2013.[1]
Biography
Sandhu was born in a Sikh family in Rourkela, Odisha in 1973. He did a Masters in English Literature from the University of Hyderabad.[2] He then did a Diploma in Journalism from Asian School of Journalism.[3]
In 2013, he joined Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart, Germany for a 2 year fellowship.[4]
His journalism has appeared in The Caravan[5] and The Hindustan Times.[6]
Works
Sepia Leaves (2008)
Sepia Leaves is a semi-autobiographical novel[7] set in 1970s when emergency was declared by then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi and the protagonist is growing up in Rourkela and his mother suffers from schizophrenia.[8]
Roll of Honour (2012)
Roll of Honour is a semi-autobiographical novel which tells the story of Appu who studies at a military boarding school in the fictional town of Jassabad in Punjab in 1984.[9][10]
This novel was translated into Punjabi by Daljit Ami under the title "Gwah De Fanah Hon Ton Pahilan".
Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines (2019)
Panjab Sandhu's first work of non-fiction in which he looks at the past and present of Punjab, India in the backdrop of Green revolution, Emergency, Punjab insurgency and the present.[11]
References
- ↑ Anees Salim bags The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013. The Hindu(2014-01-14). Retrieved 2019-11-12.
- ↑ Amandeep Singh Sandhu. Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Engaging With Life: Amandeep Singh Sandhu. sikhchic.com. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Amandeep Singh Sandhu. Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Amandeep Sandhu | The Caravan. caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ↑ Lockdown Diaries: Punjab; standing between hunger and India by Amandeep Sandhu. Hindustan Times(2020-04-22). Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ↑ Sepia Leaves by Amandeep Sandhu, Goyal, Anuradha. Anu Reviews(2010-01-08). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ Not to be loose shunted. Indian Journal of Psychiatry({Template:Date).
- ↑ The need to remember. The Hindu(2012-12-15). Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ↑ When a turban defined militancy. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ↑ In his new book, Panjab: Journeys Through Fault Lines, author Amandeep Sandhu touches upon Punjab’s disquiet. The Indian Express(2019-11-10). Retrieved 2019-11-12.