Shamshad Khan (born 1964, Leeds) is a widely anthologised Manchester-based poet.
Khan's poems have been published in anthologies including Flame, Poetry of Rebellion, The Fire People (1998), Bittersweet (1999), Healing Strategies for Women at War, Gargoyle, Longman’s GCSE Poems for your Pocket, Velocity and Redbeck Press’ anthology of British South Asian poets.
Her 1994 short story, ‘The Woman and the Chair’ received critical acclaim.
Khan has also worked as an editor on an anthology of black women’s poetry and advised the Arts Council of England North West on literature.
[2][3][4][5] She also presented a Radio 4 programme on the Qaṣīda al-Burda (also known as The Poem of the Cloak).