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Yahya Hassan

1995 - 2020

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Yahya Hassan (19 May 1995 – 29 April 2020) 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. His most notable work, Yahya Hassan, as of 2013 was the best-selling debut poetry collection in Denmark, and has been printed in more than 120,000 copies (middle of 2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yahya Hassan has received more than 184,920 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Yahya Hassan is the 6,408th most popular writer (down from 5,379th in 2019), the 789th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 562nd in 2019) and the 46th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 180k

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  • 29.03

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.61

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Yahya Hassan ranks 6,408 out of 5,755. Before him are Adam Johnson, Edward Kitsis, Abi Morgan, Philippe Méaille, Brian K. Vaughan, and Park Yeon-mi. After him are Ta-Nehisi Coates, Chetan Bhagat, Urvashi Butalia, Roxane Gay, Paul Harding, and Hitomi Kanehara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1995, Yahya Hassan ranks 291. Before him are Ricardo Kishna, Álex Remiro, Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson, Yoshihito Nishioka, Guram Tushishvili, and Tao Geoghegan Hart. After him are Mahmoud Hamdy, Anna Magnusson, Dante Exum, Morisi Kvitelashvili, Matheus Biteco, and Lina Hurtig. Among people deceased in 2020, Yahya Hassan ranks 777. Before him are Saufatu Sopoanga, Arianne Caoili, Tomasz Tomiak, Chilla Porter, Floyd Cardoz, and Lynn Shelton. After him are Miljan Mrdaković, Alex Pullin, Tom Forsyth, Kizito Mihigo, Willie Thorne, and Robert Archibald.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Yahya Hassan ranks 789 out of 893. Before him are Jeanette Ottesen (1987), Jens-Erik Madsen (1981), Erik Sviatchenko (1991), Tomas Thordarson (1974), Peter Regin (1986), and Adrian Zandberg (1979). After him are Prince Vincent of Denmark (2), Sara Petersen (1987), Carsten Mogensen (1983), Lasse Nielsen (1988), Tobias Mikkelsen (1986), and Rasmus Kristensen (1997).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Yahya Hassan ranks 46. Before him are Carsten Jensen (1952), Dorrit Willumsen (1940), Henrik Nordbrandt (1945), Pia Tafdrup (1952), Sherin Khankan (1974), and Sandi Toksvig (1958).

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