Yasmin Namavar

Yasmin Namavar writes poetry and essays. She was a finalist for the El Hizjra Literature Prize (2022) and won the Hollands Maandblad Schrijversbeurs in the poetry category (2023/2024). Her debut collection verblijf was published in March 2025 and had previously been nominated for the Ida Gerhardt Poetry Prize (2026) and the Herman de Coninck Prize (2026). Namavar works as a psychiatrist in Amsterdam.