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Kaj Harald Leininger Munk (commonly called Kaj Munk) (13 January 1898 – 4 January 1944) was a Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, known for his cultural engagement and his martyrdom during the Occupation of Denmark of World War II. He is commemorated as a martyr in the Calendar of Saints of the Lutheran Church on 14 August, alongside ...
Mar 28, 2024 · Kaj Munk (born Jan. 13, 1898, Maribo, Den.—died Jan. 4, 1944, near Silkeborg) was a Danish playwright, priest, and patriot who was a rare exponent of religious drama with a strong sense of the theatre. He revived the “heroic” Shakespearean and Schillerian drama with writing whose passionate quality is not often found among Danish writers.
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Kaj Munk Playwright, Priest, and Patriot, ed. R. P. Keigwin, appeared in 1944. Kaj Munk by Sven Stolpe was published in 1944. He is included in the Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century (vol. 3, 1999). There is a portrait of Munk in the Encyclopedia of the Lutheran Church.
Kaj Munk: With Benny Poulsen, Merete Voldstedlund, Karen Wegener, Eddie Karnil. The life of Danish poet and pastor Kaj Munk, following him from student in 1917 until his sudden death by assassination under German occupation in 1944.
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In 1924, Kaj Munk became pastor in the Danish Lutheran Church in the small parish of Vedersø in the western part of Jutland and was a very productive writer in the following years. In the 1930s and 40s, Kaj Munk became Denmark′s leading playwright. In 1938-39, there was quite a Munk boom; at one time Munk′s plays were staged at nine ...
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In 1924, Kaj Munk became pastor in the Danish Lutheran Church in the small parish of Vedersø in the western part of Jutland and was a very productive writer in the following years. In the 1930s and 40s, Kaj Munk became Denmark′s leading playwright. In 1938-39, there was quite a Munk boom; at one time Munk′s plays were staged at nine ...
The Danish priest, playwright, author, debater, and resistance icon Kaj Munk (1989–1944) lived and was in his prime during this period, specifically during the 1930s and the beginning of the 1940s. Munk was controversial both during his life and after his death, killed by a German SS Group in January 1944.
