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Daljit Nagra’s books on Amazon

Look We Have Coming to Dover!

Daljit Nagra’s website

Daljit Nagra

Daljit Nagra was born and brought up in West London and Sheffield. He lives in London, and works as a secondary school English teacher.
In 2004, his poem Look We Have Coming to Dover! won the Forward Prize (Best Single Poem), and this became the title of his first collection, published in 2007. It went on to win the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize (Best First Collection) and the 2008 Arts Council England Decibel Award. It relates to the experience of British-born Indians, and often employs ‘Punglish’ - English spoken by Indian Punjabi immigrants.
Look We Have Coming to Dover! was shortlisted for several further awards, including the 2007 Costa Poetry Award, and the 2007 Jerwood Aldeburgh First Collection Prize.
The English and Media Centre recorded this video in 2009.

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