Imtiaz Dharker, 65, would be the first Asian, Muslim or Pakistani person and second woman to become poet laureate in the position’s 350-year-long history. She has written about religion ...

Imtiaz Dharker. | Via Vimeo As Carol Ann Duffy’s 10-year tenure as the Poet Laureate of Britain ended in April 2019, it was tipped that Imtiaz Dharker would take up the position.

Imtiaz Dharker, who was widely tipped to receive the highest honour in British poetry, would have been the first Asian laureate in the post’s 350 years.

Imtiaz was born in Lahore, where she lived for barely a few weeks, and grew up in Glasgow before shifting to what was then Bombay with her then husband Anil Dharker Advertisement Saturday, 22 April ...

IMTIAZ DHARKER:Yes some people misunderstand this poem and think that I'm saying "Be kind to terrorists" but it's not really that. Who is this person who's walking down the street.

Imtiaz Dharker performs and describes her poem Tissue. She describes how the poem came about after the found notes her father had written in the end pages of a book, ...

LAST winter, the Lahore-born poet Imtiaz Dharker consolidated her reputation as a mainstream British poet with her powerful and moving sixth collection, Over The Moon, which won her the Queen’s ...

Imtiaz Dharker’s latest offering is called The Terrorist At My Table, but there’s nothing provocative about the poet. Dressed in a long gold jacket, her skin glowing, ...

Sunday Times News: Imtiaz Dharker's second book of poems will soon be out in India. Namrata Sharma finds that there' ...

The role was previously declined by another distinguished poet, Imtiaz Dharker, who would have been the first person of color to hold it.

Imtiaz Dharker, 65, was said to be among the famed poets being considered for the prestigious title, which effectively makes laureates paid members of the royal household.