Amandeep Sandhu

Amandeep Sandhu (Punjabi: ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ, 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]

Amandeep Sandhu
Amandeep Sandhu in 2013
Native name
ਅਮਨਦੀਪ ਸੰਧੂ
Born1973
LanguageEnglish
Alma materUniversity of Hyderabad
GenreNovel

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
  1. Staff Reporter (2014-01-14). "Anees Salim bags The Hindu Prize for Best Fiction 2013". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  2. "Amandeep Singh Sandhu". Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  3. "sikhchic.com | The Art and Culture of the Diaspora | Engaging With Life: Amandeep Singh Sandhu". sikhchic.com. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  4. "Amandeep Singh Sandhu". Akademie Schloss Solitude. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. "Amandeep Sandhu | The Caravan". caravanmagazine.in. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  6. "Lockdown Diaries: Punjab; standing between hunger and India by Amandeep Sandhu". Hindustan Times. 2020-04-22. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  7. Goyal, Anuradha (2010-01-08). "Sepia Leaves by Amandeep Sandhu". Anu Reviews. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  8. Sarin, Alok (2009-01-01). "Not to be loose shunted". Indian Journal of Psychiatry. 51 (1): 71. ISSN 0019-5545.
  9. Balakrishnan, Uday (2012-12-15). "The need to remember". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  10. "When a turban defined militancy". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  11. "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.
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