Gurnaik Johal
Gurnaik Johal (born 1998) is a British writer of Indian origin. Originally from Northolt, London, he studied at the University of Manchester.[1]
Johal's debut collection of short stories, We Move, appeared in 2022.[2] It received widespread acclaim from critics, and it won a series of awards, among them the Somerset Maugham Award and the Tata Literature Live! First Book Award. It was also named as a Book of the Year by the Guardian and the Hindustan Times.
His debut novel Saraswati is due out in 2025.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Sethi, Anita (2022-03-26). "Gurnaik Johal: 'I am constantly wondering about the lives of others'". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ Goyal, Sana (2022-04-01). "We Move by Gurnaik Johal review – virtuosic stories of British-Punjabi life". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2024-12-23.
- ^ "We Move". Serpent's Tail. Retrieved 2024-12-23.