Nachhattar
Indian writer
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Nachhattar is an Indian writer of Punjabi literature. 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]
