Nachhattar is a Punjabi writer. He won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 2017 for his novel Slow Down.[1][2]
Biography
editNachhattar 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
edit- ^ "..:: SAHITYA : Akademi Awards ::." sahitya-akademi.gov.in. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Sahitya Akedemi Awards 2017 announced for 24 writers in 24 Indian languages". India Today. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b "Nachhatar gets Sahitya Akademi award for Punjabi novel, Megh for Hindi criticism". Hindustan Times. 2017-12-21. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ a b "Another writer to return Sahitya Akademi Award". The Times of India. 2020-12-11. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "Punjabi poet Surjit Patar returns Padma Shri over Centre's attitude towards farmers' demands". India Today. 2020-12-07. Retrieved 2024-05-04.