Mukahang
Limbu

Mukahang Limbu was born in Dharan, Nepal and raised in Oxford. He won the First Story National Writing Competition at thirteen — chosen from three thousand entries, awarded by the Duchess of Cornwall — and never stopped.

A three-time Foyle Young Poet, his debut pamphlet Mother of Flip-Flops(Outspoken Press) was the Poetry Book Society's Pamphlet Choice, featured in The Guardian's Best Recent Poetry, and received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors.

He has also been longlisted in the National Poetry Competition and the Forward Prizes. His poems have appeared in England: Poems from a School (Picador, 2018), Poetry London, The Poetry Review, Bath Magg, Oxford Poetry, The Sunday Times, The Kindling Journal, and Tell Me the Truth About Life — an anthology curated by Cerys Matthews marking the 25th anniversary of National Poetry Day, placing his words alongside Simon Armitage, Sharon Olds, and Emily Dickinson. He was also commissioned by Amnesty International for Words that Burn, marking the 30th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.

He read English and German at The Queen's College, Oxford, and was the sole recipient of the Harper Wood Creative Writing and Travel Award from St John's College, Cambridge. He has performed on BBC Radio 4's Front Row, at the Southbank Centre, and at Spoken Fest in Mumbai.

As the winner of the Borough Press Non-Fiction Open Submission Competition with The Times and Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency, his forthcoming memoir Egg-Fried Rice will be published by The Borough Press (HarperCollins) in 2027.