This Room

	This Room "This Room" is a poem by Imtiaz Dharker. It is included in Cluster 2, Poems from Different Cultures, of the ''AQA Anthology The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA) has produced Anthologies for GCSE English and English Literature studied in English schools. This follows on from AQA's predecessor organisations; Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (NE ...''.''AQA Anthology'', p. 14. References British poems {{poem-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Imtiaz Dharker Imtiaz Dharker (born 31 January 1954) is a Pakistan-born British full time poet, artist, and video film maker. She 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 Dame Carol Ann Duffy, but withdrew herself from contention in order, as she stated, to maintain focus on her writing."I had to weigh the privacy I need to write poems against the demands of a public role. The poems won," said Dharker. For many Dharker is seen as one of Britain's most inspirational contemporary poets. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2011. In the same year, she received the Cholmondeley Award from the Society of Authors. In 2016, she received an Honorary Doctorate from SOAS University of London. Dharker was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. She grew up in Glasgow where her family moved when she was less than one yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	AQA Anthology The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (the AQA) has produced Anthologies for GCSE English and English Literature studied in English schools. This follows on from AQA's predecessor organisations; Northern Examinations and Assessment Board (NEAB) and Southern Examining Group (SEG). 2000 Anthology The 2000 AQA anthology covered four sections: poets in the English Literary Heritage, poems from other cultures and traditions, 20th-century prose, and 20th- or pre-20th-century poetry. English: Poets in the English Literary Heritage Simon Armitage "I Am Very Bothered When I Think" "Poem" "It Ain't What You Do, It's What It Does To You" "Cataract Operation" "About His Person" Ted Hughes "Works and Play" "The Warm and the Cold" "The Tractor" "Wind" "Hawk Roosting" Carol Ann Duffy "War Photographer" "Valentine" "Stealing" "Before You Were Mine" "In Mrs. Tilscher's Class" English: Poems from other cultures and traditions Sujata Bhatt: " Search for My Tongue" * Tom Leo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]