Mukahang
Limbu
About
British-Nepali writer. Oxford-raised. Award-winning.
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 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.
His forthcoming memoir Egg-Fried Rice will be published by The Borough Press (HarperCollins) in 2027.
Work
Publications
“A multifarious enquiry into the complexities of boyhood, family, and what it means to be a particular self negotiating the world… sophisticated intelligence and audacious flair.”
Writing
From Egg-Fried Rice
The simple truth, sans queer theory or nuance, is that I sounded girlish;
there is a coating of a metallic, nasal girly slathered on my voice.
There’s almost an undeniable universal similarity in the tones of twinks,
of the fems, as if we had derived from this one being of pure twink matter.
From this each twink in this world was bestowed their own uniquely twinky twang,
but also a frequency that linked us all.
— from Egg-Fried Rice (forthcoming, The Borough Press / HarperCollins, 2027)
Film
Za'atar
Directed, produced, and written by Mukahang Limbu
Projects
Editorial & Creative Work
Editor in Chief & Creative Director
Hotpot
Led the UK's longest-running student publication (est. 1892), producing the \u201cHotpot\u201d issue \u2014 a pan-Asian cultural exploration delivered to 7,500+ readers. Edited 100+ submissions across poetry, prose, and long-form journalism.
Fellow & Participating Poet
Language Is A Queer Thing
Selected as one of three UK poets to collaborate with Indian poets for this British Council fellowship. Produced and performed at BBC Contains Strong Language festival. Published in the anthology Somewhere There Is A Sky For Us.
Poetry Editor, The Oxford Review of Books (Condé Nast)
Editor, Melanin. Magazine
Marketing & Communications, Forward Arts Foundation
- BBC Radio 4
- BBC Breakfast
- BBC Radio 6
- BBC Contains Strong Language
- The Guardian
- Southbank Centre
- Spoken Fest Mumbai
- Ledbury Poetry Festival
- Green Man Festival
- 5x15
Press
Selected Press & Performance
BBC Radio 4 — Front Row
BBC Breakfast
BBC Radio 6 — with Raymond Antrobus
The Guardian — Best Recent Poetry
Southbank Centre — Out-Spoken Live
Spoken Fest 2024 — Mumbai
Contact
Representation
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency
Agent
Emma Bal
International Rights
Valentina Paulmichl
Film & TV
Hannah Ladds
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