Alamgir Hashmi has been writing poetry for the past forty years, and is the first English-language writer to bring such recognition to English writing in Pakistan. Of his work, Ted Hughes wrote: "Hashmi's poems are a delight – sinuous and assured, serious with a light touch, full of character, surprise, authenticity. I read them with intense pleasure."Introduced by John Kinsella

Alamgir Hashmi has been writing poetry for the past forty years, and is the first English-language writer to bring such recognition to English writing in Pakistan. Of his work, Ted Hughes wrote: "Hashmi's poems are a delight – sinuous and assured, serious with a light touch, full of character, surprise, authenticity. I read them with intense pleasure."Introduced by John Kinsella