Yahya Hassan

Danish poet and writer · Denmark · On the map · Writers · Lived 1995 to 2020 · aged 24

Yahya Hassan was a Danish poet and political activist of Palestinian descent, whose poems and public statements criticizing both Islam and Danish policies on migration and participation in armed conflicts made him a much-debated and controversial figure.

Yahya Hassan is read about 60 times a day, in 20 languages.

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2020Died29 April 20202014Bodil and Jørgen Munch-Christensen's Novice AwardAward2013Bogforums DebutantprisAwardWeekendavisen Book AwardAward1995Born19 May 1995

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