HAIDAR ANSARI

INSTITUTIONALISERET

Haidar Ansari (born in 2001) is a poet with a Danish-Iraqi background who grew up in Urbanplanen in Amager with his mother and three brothers. In 2022, he made his debut with the anthology “Institutionaliseret” (English: Institutionalized) published by Gyldendal. The poetry collection was written and published while he was serving a five-year prison sentence for attempted manslaughter. Under the titles “Kvarteret” (The Neighborhood), “Institutioner” (Institutions), and “Fængsler” (Prisons), the book depicts a boy growing up in a concrete building in Amager.

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