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Dharker was born in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]] to [[Pakistan]]i parents. 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.<ref name="guar"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Imtiaz Dharker | url = http://poetrylive.net/speakers/imtiaz-dharker/ | publisher = [[Poetry LiveGCSE Poetry Live!]] }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bose | first = Brinda | title = The (ubiquitous) f-word: musings on feminisms and censorships in South Asia | journal = [[Contemporary Women's Writing]] | volume = 1 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 14–23 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press|Oxford Journals]] | doi = 10.1093/cww/vpm012 | date = December 2007 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpm012 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}</ref> Her daughter [[Ayesha Dharker]], (whose father is [[Anil Dharker]]), is an actress in international films, television and stage.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Conversation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03prb3m|accessdate=3 April 2016|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC World Service}}</ref>
Dharker was born in [[Lahore]], [[Punjab, Pakistan]] to [[Pakistan]]i parents. 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.<ref name="guar"/><ref>{{cite web | title = Imtiaz Dharker | url = http://poetrylive.net/speakers/imtiaz-dharker/ | publisher = [[Poetry LiveGCSE Poetry Live!]] }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Bose | first = Brinda | title = The (ubiquitous) f-word: musings on feminisms and censorships in South Asia | journal = [[Contemporary Women's Writing]] | volume = 1 | issue = 1-2 | pages = 14–23 | publisher = [[Oxford University Press|Oxford Journals]] | doi = 10.1093/cww/vpm012 | date = December 2007 | url = http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cww/vpm012 | ref = harv | postscript = .}}</ref> Her daughter [[Ayesha Dharker]], (whose father is [[Anil Dharker]]), is an actress in international films, television and stage.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Conversation|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03prb3m|accessdate=3 April 2016|agency=BBC|publisher=BBC World Service}}</ref>


==Literacy career==
Dharker has written 6 books of poetry ''Purdah'' (1989), ''Postcards from God'' (1997), ''I speak for the Devil'' (2001), ''The Terrorist at my Table'' (2006), ''Leaving Fingerprints'' (2009) and ''Over the Moon'' (2014) (all self-illustrated).<ref name="pwi">{{cite web |url=http://india.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2720&x=1| title=Imtiaz Dharker| accessdate=2006-11-20| work=Poetry International Web}}</ref>


Dharker is a prescribed poet on the British [[Assessment and Qualifications Alliance|AQA]] [[GCSE]] English syllabus. Her poems ''Blessing'' and ''This Room'' were included in the AQA Anthology, Different Cultures, Cluster 1 and 2 respectively. Her poem ''Tissue'' also appears in the 2017 [[AQA Anthology|AQA]] poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/guides/zwg6nbk/revision|title=BBC Bitesize - GCSE English Literature - Tissue by Imtiaz Dharker - Revision 1|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-02-05}}</ref> Her poem ''Living Space'' also appears in the [[WJEC (exam board)|WJEC]] poetry anthology for GCSE English Literature.

Dharker was a member of the judging panel for the 2008 [[Manchester Poetry Prize]], with [[Carol Ann Duffy]] and [[Gillian Clarke]]. For many she is seen as one of Britain's most inspirational contemporary poets.<ref name="AQA">{{cite book |last=AQA |publisher=Oxford University Press |title=AQA Anthology 2005 onwards |year=2002}}</ref> She was elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society of Literature]] in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rslit.org/people rslit.org |title=Current RSL Fellows |author= |date= |work= |publisher=The Royal Society of Literature |accessdate=5 January 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002061545/http://www.rslit.org/people |archivedate=2 October 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the same year, she was awarded the Cholmondeley Prize by the Society of Authors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.societyofauthors.org/cholmondeley Society of Authors |title=The Cholmondeley Awards for Poets |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date= |work= |publisher=The Society of Authors |accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> In 2011 she judged the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award with the poet Glyn Maxwell.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ympoetry.org/2011/07/28/interview-with-imtiaz-dharker-poet-and-foyle-young-poets-of-the-year-award-judge/ |title=Interview with Imtiaz Dharker, Poet and Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award Judge |author=Helen Bowell |date= |work= |publisher=The Poetry Society |accessdate=5 January 2013}}</ref> In 2012 she was nominated a Parnassus Poet at the Festival of the World, hosted by the Southbank Centre as part of the Cultural Olympiad 2012, the largest poetry festival ever staged in the UK, bringing together poets from all the competing Olympic nations. She was the poet in residence at the [[Cambridge University Library]] in January–March 2013. In July 2015 she appeared on the popular BBC Radio 4 programme [[Desert Island Discs]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02wq9qp|title=BBC Radio 4 - Desert Island Discs, Imtiaz Dharker, Imtiaz Dharker: 'Poetry makes it possible to live'|work=BBC|accessdate=21 July 2015}}</ref> and spoke about growing up in Glasgow and her decision to leave her family and elope to India, as well as her second marriage to the late Simon Powell.


=== Themes ===
=== Themes ===

Revision as of 14:27, 27 September 2017

Imtiaz Dharker
Dharker at the British Library 12 April 2011
Born1954 (age 69–70)[citation needed]
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)poet, artist

Imtiaz Dharker (born 1954)[citation needed] is a Pakistan-born British poet, artist and documentary filmmaker. She has won the Queen’s Gold Medal for her English poetry.[1][2]

Dharker was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan to Pakistani parents. 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.[1][3] 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.[4] Her daughter Ayesha Dharker, (whose father is Anil Dharker), is an actress in international films, television and stage.[5]


Themes

The main themes of Dharker's poetry include home, freedom, journeys, geographical and cultural displacement, communal conflict and gender politics.[6] All her books are published by the poetry publishing house Bloodaxe Books. Purdah And Other Poems deal with the various aspects of a Muslim woman's life where Dhaker explores the idea of oppression and violence thought to be a product through the culture of purdah.

Film and illustration

Dharker is also a documentary filmmaker and has written and directed over a hundred films and audio-visuals, centering on education, reproductive health and shelter for women and children. In 1980 she was awarded a Silver Lotus for a short film.[7] An accomplished artist, she has had ten solo exhibitions of pen-and-ink drawings in India, Hong Kong, USA, UK and France.

Publications

  • Purdah (Oxford University Press, India, 1989)
  • Postcards from god (including Purdah) (Bloodaxe Books, 1997, ISBN 1-85224-407-0)
  • I Speak for the Devil (Bloodaxe Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1852245696; Penguin Books India, 2003)
  • The Terrorist at my Table (Bloodaxe Books, 2006, ISBN 1-85224-735-5; Penguin Books India 2007)
  • Leaving Fingerprints (Bloodaxe Books, 2009. ISBN 1-85224-849-1)
  • Over the Moon (Bloodaxe Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1780371207)
  • "The Right Word"
  • Living Space. *Another woman. (Source- English for class x in SSC Telangana)

References

  1. ^ a b "Imtiaz Dharker awarded Queen's gold medal for poetry". The Guardian.com. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ http://vision.ae/views/my_dubai_imtiaz_dharker
  3. ^ "Imtiaz Dharker". Poetry LiveGCSE Poetry Live!.
  4. ^ Bose, Brinda (December 2007). "The (ubiquitous) f-word: musings on feminisms and censorships in South Asia". Contemporary Women's Writing. 1 (1–2). Oxford Journals: 14–23. doi:10.1093/cww/vpm012. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ^ "The Conversation". BBC World Service. BBC. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference pwi was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Imtiaz Dharker". imtiazdharker.com. Retrieved 21 July 2015.
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