Identity area
Reference code
BXB/1/1/DHA
Title
Imtiaz Dharker
Date(s)
- 1997 - 2009 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
1 box, 2 oversized items
Context area
Name of creator
(1954-)
Biographical history
Born in Pakistan, Imtiaz Dharker grew up a Muslim Calvinist in a Lahori household in Glasgow and eloped with a Hindu Indian to live in Bombay. She now lives between India, London and Wales. She is an accomplished artist and documentary film-maker, and has published four books with Bloodaxe, Postcards from god (including Purdah) (1997), I Speak for the Devil (2001), The terrorist at my table (2006) and Leaving Fingerprints (2009), all including her own drawings.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of letters and proofs relating to the published poetry works of Imtiaz Dharker.