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, 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 ...

Poet Imtiaz Dharker is thoroughly enjoying whizzing around the country, reading her new poetry in the company of her daughter Ayesha. The title is provocative.

From the clatter of trains and the rumble of meat lorries to the light over the River Thames, the Pakistani-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker finds inspiration from the world around her. In 2014 ...

The London Book Fair (LBF) has announced it is running a series of seminars on poetry at this year's event and its first ever “Poet of the Fair” will be Imtiaz Dharker.

Imtiaz Dharker is a poet, artist and film maker. Born in Pakistan, Imtiaz was brought up in Scotland before she eloped to India aged 20, becoming estranged from her family.

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

On the 8th of November, 2024: I had the pleasure of meeting Imtiaz Dharker, internationally famous poet and Chancellor of Newcastle University (you… ...

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.