Yahya Hassan
| Yahya Hassan | |
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| Born |
19 May 1995 Aarhus, Denmark |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Notable works | “Yahya Hassan” |
Yahya Hassan (born 19 May 1995) is a Danish poet and politician of Palestinian descent, notable for his criticism of Islam, which attracted attention and stirred debate about Islam's place in Denmark.
His most notable work, Yahya Hassan, as of 2013 was the best-selling debut poetry collection in Denmark, and was printed in more than 100,000 copies.
On April 7, 2015, Hassan announced that he had joined the Danish political party, Nationalpartiet.
On February 9, 2016, leader of Nationalpartiet Kashif Ahmad announced that Hassan was forced to leave the party, after being arrested for driving under the influence of illegal drugs
Yahya Hassan was born to a family of Muslim Palestinian immigrants, who had fled to Lebanon due to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, and who moved to Denmark in the 1980s. He was born in Aarhus V, a problematic immigrant district of the city of Aarhus, the second largest city in Denmark and the country's main port. There Yahya grew up in a religious environment, but soon abandoned religion. He was institutionalised for juvenile delinquency in Solhaven in Farsø, where educators supported his literary talent. Then aged 16, Hassan had an affair with 38-year-old educator Louise Østergaard, which led to Østergaard's dismissal and divorce. Hassan attended a "Rap Academy" and various workshops for creative writing.
He published a first volume with Brønderslev Forfatterskole Et godt sted at dø ("a good place to die") in 2011, but became widely known in Denmark with his Islam-critical volume published with the reputable Gyldendal publishing house, in 2013.
Literary scholar Tue Andersen Nexø described Hassan's longer works as "almost Walt Whitman-like." The volume was a best-seller and received favourable criticism, and his readings (done in an idiosyncratic style) are well-attended.
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