Daljit Nagra: Award-Winning British Poet & Broadcaster

‘Let’s talk langwidge: the irreverent brilliance
.of Daljit Nagra’s ‘indiom’’
...Philippa Conlon, Prospect Magazine

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Indiom

‘Let’s talk langwidge: the irreverent brilliance of Daljit Nagra’s ‘indiom’’
...Philippa Conlon, Prospect Magazine

Published, 2023

Read the full poem here

We’re Lighting Up The Nation

No one’s an island when each is at home
in the hope and glory! Born free – we’re a plucky bunch
of every shade...

A poem for the King's Coronation Concert

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‘To anyone experiencing the sinking feeling that poetry
in Britain is becoming depoliticised, Nagra’s work is a tonic.’
...Sean O’Brien, Independent

Published by Faber & Faber, 2017

British Museum

‘To anyone experiencing the sinking
feeling that poetry in Britain is becoming
depoliticised, Nagra’s work is a tonic.’
...Sean O’Brien, Independent

Published, 2017

Claire Armitstead, The Guardian

‘Daljit’s Poetry is an espresso shot of thought’

Arifa Akbar, The Independent

‘For all the slang and swagger, this bold new version of the Hindu epic keeps its moral core intact’

Rishi Dastidar, The Guardian

‘Indiom is a playfully giddy highwire act of sharp cultural and political observation, delivered with Nagra’s trademark linguistic exuberance’

Claire Armitstead, The Guardian

‘Daljit’s Poetry is an espresso shot of thought’

Arifa Akbar, The Independent

‘For all the slang and swagger, this bold new version of the Hindu epic keeps its moral core intact’

90th Anniversary Poetry Editions

In 2019, my debut was selected among ten books to celebrate Faber & Faber’s 90 years of poetry publication. It was selected alongside books by TS Eliot, WH Auden, Philip Larkin, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Seamus Heaney.

90th Anniversary Poetry Editions

First poet of colour published as a debut by Faber & Faber in 2007

First writer of colour to be Chair of Royal Society of Literature (RSL)

First Chair to oversee a Governance Review of RSL in its 204 year history

First Poet in Residence at BBC Radio 4 & 4 Extra for two years from 2015

First ever Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2003 for Oh My Rub!

Only poet commissioned to write a poem for the King’s Coronation Concert in 2023,
Light up the Nation

First poet of colour published as a debut by Faber & Faber in 2007

First writer of colour to be Chair of Royal Society of Literature (RSL)

First Chair to oversee a Governance Review of RSL in its 204 year history

First Poet in Residence at BBC Radio 4 & 4 Extra for two years from 2015

First ever Poetry Book Society Pamphlet Choice in 2003 for Oh My Rub!

Only poet commissioned to write a poem for the King’s Coronation Concert in 2023,
Light up the Nation

PBS PODCAST in partnership with Arji’s Poetry Pickle Jar

An exclusive interview with Daljit and the poetry pickler extraordinaire, Arji Manuelpillai about the new book Indiom…listen now

Indiom a Guardian Poetry Book of the Year

Daljit’s latest work is a mock epic set in a poetry workshop being filmed for a documentary. It foregrounds a discussion of how writers from migrant backgrounds might – or might not – be read and accepted, and how they position themselves in relation to standard English, the canon and knowing “thy Blighty”…read more

Podcast: The Wandering Book Collector, with host Michelle Jana Chan

A series of conversations with writers exploring what’s informed their books and their lives around themes of movement, memory, sense of place, borders, identity, belonging and home. In this edition, Michelle is joined by Daljit to discuss his latest collection of poetry, Indiom…click here to listen