Sascha Arora Akhtar- The notable 20th century poet

Sascha Arora Akhtar was born in Pakistan but then left for England to do her studies. She has done her B.A in liberal arts from Bennington College where she has done filmmaking, photography and English literature. She then did her masters in creative writing. Akhtar has been regarded as one of the most promising new writers and poets of the 20th century by the Guardian. Her work appears in the Shearsman anthology on UK women’s poetries, “Infinite Difference.”  She also works as a literary reviewer and arts journalist and is the first Pakistani woman writing in English to be published in the Western “avant garde” tradition.

She presented a collection of her works along with her readings on Saturday 24^th April 2010 at The Second floor T2F. A gathering sat down and listened to her as she recited some of her famous poems. The event ended at a performance by some of the local folk song group and to numerous applause.