Sumai Yahya
is a young poet from The Hague who won the Young Campert Prize during the 2018 Winternachten festival. In the fall of 2017, he participated in Spot on Young Poets, the educational project of Writers Unlimited, the Hague Writers Guild and Meermanno Museum | House of the Book. This project constitutes poetry workshops at Hague high schools, where students are given lessons in poetry and recitation. Sumai presented his poem during Winternachten 2018. One of the three finalists, he won the Young Campert Prize for best student poet during the Writers' Feast. He was at the time a pupil of the Edith Stein College in The Hague.
Past events
Spot On Young Poets
High-school students of De Vrije School, ISW Hoogeland and Edith Stein College reciting their poetry, result of workshops given by the Hague Poets Guild. Also appearing poets Derek Otte, HemelBesem from South Africa, and Sumai Yahya.
Spot On Young Poets
High-school students from Dalton Den Haag, Edith Stein College and Chr. College De Populier recited their own poetry, the result of workshops and poetry lessons given at the schools by members of the Hague Poets Guild. Appearing with them are poets Radna Fabias and HemelBesem from South Africa, and the young student-poet Sumai Yahya.
