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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
Born	1973
Language	English
Alma mater	University of Hyderabad
Genre	Novel

Biography

Sandhu was born in a Sikh family in Rourkela, Odisha in 1973. He did a master's degree 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 has 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] The book was long-listed for the NIF-Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay Award 2020[12] and was shortlisted for the Atta Galatta-BLF Non Fiction Prize 2020.[13]

Punjabi translation of the book, Punjab : Jinhan Rahan Di Main Saar Na Janan, was published in January 2022.[14]

Bravado to Fear to Abandonment (2020)

Bravado to Fear to Abandonment: Mental Health and the COVID-19 Lockdown is an e-book by Sandhu that was published in August 2020. The book highlights that importance of mental health and explores the effects of lockdown in India.[15]

References

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