Nachhattar

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Nachhattar is a Punjabi writer. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for his novel Slow Down. [1] [2]

Biography

Nachhattar was born in a dalit family in Barnala district, Punjab, India. He worked as a factory worker after completing his matriculation. He went on to work as a clerk at Punjab Agricultural University while continuing his studies. [3] He became a bank manager in Delhi and started living there. [3]

He wrote the novel Slow Down in 2012 about the recession in the Indian economy, [4] for which he won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017. In 2020, he announced his intention to return the award [4] in support of the 2020-2021 Indian farmers' protest. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  2. ↑ "Sahitya Akedemi Awards 2017 announced for 24 writers in 24 Indian languages". India Today. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  3. 1 2 "Nachhatar gets Sahitya Akademi award for Punjabi novel, Megh for Hindi criticism". Hindustan Times. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  4. 1 2 "Another writer to return Sahitya Akademi Award". The Times of India. 2020-12-11. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2024-05-04.
  5. ↑ "Punjabi poet Surjit Patar returns Padma Shri over Centre's attitude towards farmers' demands". India Today. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2024-05-04.


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