Daljit Nagra MBE FRSL (born 1966[1]) is a British poet whose debut collection, Look We Have Coming to Dover!

[5] Daljit Nagra, whose Sikh Punjabi parents came to Britain from India in the late 1950s, was born and grew up in Yiewsley, near London's Heathrow Airport.

[6] In 1988, Nagra went to study for a BA and MA in English at Royal Holloway, University of London.

[6] Tentatively beginning to write, he later attended poetry workshops, courses and tutorials, receiving feedback from poets including Pascale Petit, Moniza Alvi, John Stammers, Carol Ann Duffy and Jackie Kay, and from 2002, being mentored by Stephen Knight.

won the 2007 Forward Poetry Prize for best first collection[9] and the South Bank Show Decibel Award.

He was the Keats House Poet-In-Residence from July 2014 to June 2015, and he was an Eton College Wisdom Scholar in November 2014.In 2014, he won the Society of Authors Travelling Scholarship Award.

[21] Nagra has acted as the Lead Poetry Tutor at the Faber Academy and has run workshops internationally.

[25][26] Following controversy,[27][28] it was announced on 6 January 2025 that he would be leaving the position at the end of his four-year term, coinciding with RSL director Molly Rosenburg also stepping down after 15 years.

[29][4][30] Nagra was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to literature.