What is Yahya Hassan?
[[File:201510 Yahya Hassan.jpg|right|200px]] '''Yahya Hassan''' (19 May 1995 –&nbsp;29 April 2020) was a Danish poet and political activist. He was known for his [[criticism]] of [[Islam]] in [[Denmark]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/12/yahya-hassan-poet-denmark-muslim-row |title= Danish rap poet Yahya Hassan faces racism charge for knocking Muslims|work= [[The Guardian]] |date= 12 December 2013|access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref><ref name=wsj131106>{{cite news|url= https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2013/11/06/death-threats-against-teen-poet-reignite-denmarks-muslim-debate/ |title= Poet Sparks New Debate on Islam in Denmark|newspaper= [[Wall Street Journal]] |date= 6 November 2013|access-date=14 December 2013}}</ref> He was born in [[Aarhus]], Denmark. His most known work, ''Yahya Hassan'', as of 2013 was the best-selling debut poetry collection in Denmark. It printed in more than 120,000 copies (middle of 2015).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/boger/ECE2161023/rekord-yahya-hassan-runder-de-100000/|title=Rekord: Yahya Hassan runder de 100.000|language=da|date=16 December 2013|author=Anders Hjort|newspaper=[[Politiken]]}}</ref> Hassan was found dead in his apartment in [[Aarhus]] on 29 April 2020, aged 24.<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Nielsen|first1=Trina|last2=Johansen|first2=Christian Winther|last3=Mejborn|first3=Katja|date=30 April 2020|title=Yahya Hassan er død|work=B.T.|url=https://www.bt.dk/samfund/yahya-hassan-er-doed}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.france24.com/en/20200430-danish-poet-yahya-hassan-dead-at-24| title=Danish poet Yahya Hassan dead at 24| website=france24.com| date=30 April 2020| url-status=live| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430171932/https://www.france24.com/en/20200430-danish-poet-yahya-hassan-dead-at-24| archive-date=30 April 2020| access-date=30 April 2020}}</ref> ==Related pages== *[[List of Danish writers]] ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hassan, Yahya}} [[Category:1995 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Categ