Literary Sensation: The Rise of a Danish Immigrant Poet

Since his rise to fame in Denmark in 2013 after the publication of a book of poetry, Islamists have threatened to kill 18-year-old Danish poet Yahya Hassan. They are angered by the portrayals in his writing of his immigrant family background, which he describes as backwards, hypocritical and blinded by religion.

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ESO: Background information: Mohammed cartoons have lasting effect http://www.europeansources.info/record/mohammed-cartoons-have-lasting-effect/

The Guardian, 12.12.13: Danish rap poet Yahya Hassan faces racism charge for knocking Muslims http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/12/yahya-hassan-poet-denmark-muslim-row

Wikipedia: Yahya Hassan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Hassan

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