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GREAT COLLECTION: Several hundred appeared at Yahya Hassan’s funeral.
There was great attendance at the Aarhus Cemetery when Yahya Hassan was buried on Tuesday afternoon.
Images from the funeral show that many showed up to bid farewell to the poet Yahya Hassan. The Danish BT writes that several hundred people had appeared in the Vestre cemetery.
Controversial poet Hassan was found dead in his apartment on Wednesday. He was only 24 years old. The police then told the Berlingske Tidende newspaper that there was no evidence that the death was related to a criminal act.
The death of the young poet drew much attention in Denmark, and the family now appreciates all the attention and consideration they have received in connection with the death of the 24-year-old.
– Yahya Hassan’s immediate family, his mother and siblings, want to thank everyone for their support and thoughts, but have no comment otherwise, writes the BT newspaper.
CONTROVERSIAL: Yahya Hassan was contentious in Denmark and was surrounded by a lot of security in his country of origin. He was found dead in his apartment on Wednesday. On Tuesday he was buried. Photo: Roger Neumann
The funeral took place in Aarhus and it was Yahya Hassan’s uncle Imam Abu Khaleed who held the funeral. In Denmark, funerals and funerals are not covered by the ban on congregations where more than ten people gather. But the Danish authorities encourage compliance with general rules to prevent infection.
– The Imam speaks energetically to the many attendees, writes Danish BT at the funeral.
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As many were expected to want to say goodbye to the poet, the police were also present.
– But we are not going to comment on how we are going to deal with it specifically, communication adviser Jacob Christiansen of the East Jutland Police tells the Århus Stiftstidende newspaper.
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Yahya Hassan made her way at age 18 with her first collection of poems “Yahya Hassan” in 2013, and was hailed as one of the first Danish voices to portray life in a minority setting. Last fall, the sequel “Yahya Hassan 2” came out in Denmark, and that’s why Hassan is nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize.
Hassan’s parents They came as refugees from Palestine to Denmark in the 1980s. He grew up with four brothers in an area of Aarhus that has been called an immigrant ghetto.
