Books
I Know a Place Dent Children's Books, 1985.
Persian Miniatures/A Belfast Kiss Smith/Doorstop, 1990.
In White Ink, Carcanet, 1991.
Mirrorwork, Carcanet, 1995.
Entries on Light, Carcanet, 1997.
Selected Poems, Carcanet, 2000.
Tying the Song: A First Anthology from the Poetry School 1997-2000 (co-editor with Pascale Petit) Enitharmon Press, 2000.
The Chine, Carcanet, 2002
Entering the Tapestry: A Second Anthology from the Poetry School (co-editor with Graham Fawcett) Enitharmon Press, 2003.
Poetry to Calm Your Soul (editor) MQ Publications Ltd, 2005.
This Little Stretch of Life (co-editor with Karen Green), Hearing Eye, 2006.
I Am Twenty People: A Third Anthology from the Poetry School (co-editor with Stephen Knight), Enitharmon Press, 2007.
The Meanest Flower, Carcanet, 2007.
Poems/Kajal Ahmad (translator with Choman Hardi) Enitharmon, 2008
Prizes and awards
1994 Arts Council Writers' Award Mirrorwork
2006 Cholmondeley Award
2007 T. S. Eliot Prize (shortlist) The Meanest Flower
Mimi Khalvati nata a Tehran, Iran, il 28 aprile 1944. Dai sei anni è cresciuta sull'Isola di Wight fino a diciassette anni quando tornò in Iran dove rimase fino a venticinque anni. Ha studiato in Svizzera alla University of Neuchâtel, e a Londra al Drama Centre and the School of African and Oriental Studies. Ha lavorato come attrice e regista sia in Gran Bretagna che in Iran, ha fondato Matrix, un gruppo femminile di teatro sperimentale e ha co-fondato il Theatre in Exile. È coordinatrice...