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Pakistan-born British poet to replace Carol Ann Duffy as the new poet laureate | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

Pakistan-born British poet to replace Carol Ann Duffy as the new poet laureate | Lifestyle News, The Indian Express

By Lifestyle Desk |New Delhi |Published: April 29, 2019 2:39:29 pm



Pakistan-born British poet to replace Carol Ann Duffy as the new poet laureate

Born in Lahore, Pakistan, Imtiaz Dharker, 65, grew up in Glasgow. She has written extensively on religion, culture, and feminism.

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Imtiaz Dharker will be the first Asian and second woman to become ‘poet laureate’ in the position’s long history of 350 years. (Source: Wikimedia )


Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker will be replacing Carol Ann Duffy as the new poet laureate. Dharker, who describes herself as ‘Pakistani-Scottish Calvinist Muslim’ has written extensively on religion, culture, feminism and, according to a report in Daily Mail, will be the first Asian and second woman to become poet laureate in the position’s long history of 350 years.

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