Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker has turned down the highest honour in British poetry to focus on her writing and body of work. According to a reports published in The Guardian, Dharker was set to be named as the next poet laureateship, but she chooses to stay away from the public role. Advertising“I had to weigh the privacy I need to write poems against the demands of a public role. According to a report in Daily Mail, she would have been the first Asian and second woman to become poet laureate in the position’s long history of 350 years. The Sunday Times had reported last week that Dharker was due to be announced Poet Laureate this month.

Source: Indian Express May 04, 2019 11:26 UTC