Somerset Maugham Award
1 appearances
Gurnaik Singh Johal
グルナイク・シン・ジョハル
Gurnaik Singh Johal
Aliases:
Gurnaik Johal
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1998 （Northolt, London）
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Northolt, London
Career
- Occupations
- writer, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2022-2025
- Nominations
- Waterstones Debut Fiction Prize 2025 shortlist, Guardian and Fourth Estate BAME Short Story Prize 2018 shortlist
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Manchester | — | — | — | — | United Kingdom |
University of Manchester
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Somerset Maugham Award | We Move | — | Society of Authors | winner |
| 2022 | Tata Literature Live! First Book Award | We Move | — | Tata Literature Live! | winner |
| 2022 | Galley Beggar Press Short Story Award | Arrival | — | Galley Beggar Press | winner |
Somerset Maugham Award
2023
Work:
We Move
Organization:
Society of Authors
Result:
winner
Tata Literature Live! First Book Award
2022
Work:
We Move
Organization:
Tata Literature Live!
Result:
winner
Galley Beggar Press Short Story Award
2022
Work:
Arrival
Organization:
Galley Beggar Press
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
We Move
2022 Short story collectionDebut collection of 17 short stories depicting British-Punjabi lives.
immigrationcultural hybridityidentity
Saraswati
2025 NovelAmbitious panorama set in India.
Bibliography
- We Move
- Saraswati
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- virtuosic storiescolourful tapestry of multicultural lives
- Recurring Motifs
- Chatpata
Legacy
Debut collection 'We Move' won the Somerset Maugham Award and others, marking him as a rising literary talent.