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Momtaza Mehri

1994–

United Kingdom

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Momtaza Mehri (born 1995) is a Somali-British poet and essayist. She has won an Eric Gregory Award, the Forward Prize for Best First Collection, the Manchester Poetry Prize, and the Glenna Luschei Prize for African Poetry.

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