page_title: Imtiaz Dharker
hierarchical_section_title: Imtiaz Dharker
caption_attribution_description: English: Imtiaz Dharker (1954—), Scottish/Pakistani Muslim poet, speaking at the British Library in 2011. Français&#160;: Poète musulman d'origine pakistanaise et écossaise, lors d'une conférence à la British Library en 2011. Italiano: Poeta musulmano d'origini scozzese e pachistana, durante una conferenza alla British Library nel 2011.
context_page_description: Imtiaz Dharker is a British poet, artist and documentary filmmaker. She has won the Queen’s Gold Medal for her English poetry and was appointed Chancellor of Newcastle University from January 2020.
  In 2019 she was considered for the position of Poet Laureate following the tenure of Carol Ann Duffy, but withdrew herself from contention in order, as she stated, to maintain focus on her writing.
  Dharker was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She was brought up in Glasgow where her family moved when she was less than a year old. She was married to Simon Powell, the founder of the organization Poetry Live, who died in October 2009 after surviving for eleven years with cancer. Dharker divides her time between London, Wales, and Mumbai. She says she describes herself as a "Scottish Muslim Calvinist" adopted by India and married into Wales. Her daughter Ayesha Dharker is an actress in international films, television and stage.
context_section_description: Imtiaz Dharker is a British poet, artist and documentary filmmaker. She has won the Queen’s Gold Medal for her English poetry and was appointed Chancellor of Newcastle University from January 2020.
  In 2019 she was considered for the position of Poet Laureate following the tenure of Carol Ann Duffy, but withdrew herself from contention in order, as she stated, to maintain focus on her writing.
  Dharker was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She was brought up in Glasgow where her family moved when she was less than a year old. She was married to Simon Powell, the founder of the organization Poetry Live, who died in October 2009 after surviving for eleven years with cancer. Dharker divides her time between London, Wales, and Mumbai. She says she describes herself as a "Scottish Muslim Calvinist" adopted by India and married into Wales.  Her daughter Ayesha Dharker (whose father is Anil Dharker) is an actress in international films, television and stage.
caption: Dharker at the British Library 12 April 2011
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