Kathmandu, April 25 -- Mukahang Limbu is a Nepali writer based in Oxford, UK. He has received global recognition for his poetry, winning the Foyle Young Poet Award by The Poetry Society three times, in 2016, 2017 and 2018, and the Outspoken Prize from the Out-Spoken Press in 2019.

His work has been published in various collections, including 'England: Poems from a School' and 'Nascent'. In 2023, Limbu won the prestigious Eric Gregory Award for his debut book, 'Mother of Flip-Flops', which was published in 2022.

In an interview with the Post's Aarati Ray, Limbu shares his love for reading, how it influences his writing, and the challenges that he faced while establishing himself as a Nepali migrant writer in the UK.

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