Amandeep Sandhu
Amandeep Sandhu | |
|---|---|
 Amandeep Sandhu in 2013 | |
| Native name | ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ |
| Born | 1973 |
| Language | English |
| Alma mater | University of Hyderabad |
| Genre | Novel |
Amandeep Sandhu (Punjabi: ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ, born 1973) is a Punjabi writer 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]
Works
Sepia Leaves (2008)
Sepia Leaves is a semi-autobiographical novel[5] 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.[6]
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.[7][8]
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.[9]
References
- ^ Reporter, Staff (2014-01-14). "Anees Salim bags The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. 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.
- ^ Goyal, Anuradha (2010-01-08). "Sepia Leaves by Amandeep Sandhu". Anu Reviews. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
- ^ Sarin, Alok (2009-01-01). "Not to be loose shunted". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 51 (1): 71. ISSN 0019-5545.
- ^ Balakrishnan, Uday (2012-12-15). "The need to remember". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. 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.