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Momtaza Mehri is a Somali-British poet and essayist.[1][2] In 2017, she received the Outspoken Page Poetry Prize (2017) and in 2018, was named the Young People’s Laureate of London.

Momtaza Mehri
Nationality	Somali-British
Notable work	Doing the Most with the Least'
Style	Poet
Awards	Out-Spoken Page Poetry Prize

Biography

Momtaza Mehri grew up in the Middle East.[3] She is currently based in Kilburn, north-west London,[1] where, aside from her progressing poetry career, she is both a volunteer and a trainee biomedical scientist.[3] She began writing poetry for publication in 2014.[1]

Mehri's career began to gain media attention in 2016–2017 when she was featured in DAZED,[4] BuzzFeed,[3] BBC Radio 4,[5] Poetry Society of America;[6] Mask Magazine,[7] SAND Journal,[8] and Frontier Poetry.[9] This was swiftly followed by her winning the Outspoken Page Poetry Prize (2017) and third prize in the National Poetry Competition (2018).[2] Mehri also edits Diaspora Drama and was named the Young People’s Laureate of London in 2018.[2][10]

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