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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.
Kaj Munk 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.
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk ( 1898 - 1944) var en dansk præst, skuespilforfatter og modstandsmand. Han var præst i Vedersø i Vestjylland i årene 1924 - 1944.
Turbulent priest and polemical playwright: the life and death of Kaj Munk. In 1955 the winner of the Golden Lion at the sixteenth Venice International Film Festival was an unlikely choice.
Aug 29, 2022 · A Danish playwright and Lutheran pastor, Kaj Munk opposed the Nazi occupation of Denmark, a stance which led to his murder. Born Kaj Harald Leininger Petersen, the young Danish boy was raised by a family named Munk after his parents died.
Kaj Harald Leininger Munk var en dansk præst og dramatiker, der spillede en stor rolle i mellemkrigstidens scenekunst. Som politisk skribent blev han under 2. verdenskrig et vigtigt symbol på den nationale modstand mod både den tyske besættelse og samarbejdspolitikken.
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.
Munk was controversial both during his life and after his death, killed by a German SS Group in January 1944.Kaj Munk was multifaceted; he encapsulated values that today we consider right (the fight against oppression and antisemitism) as well as wrong (his embracing of fascism and never becoming a democrat), and he tended to divide people ...
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 principal cities in Denmark and Sweden. Kaj Munk was deeply engaged in the debates of his time on political matters, writing newspaper articles that were read and noticed throughout Denmark.
Kaj Munk is commemorated not only for his own bold witness to the faith but also as a symbol of the many thousands who bravely but with less attention resisted Nazi tyranny. A popular telling of the stories of the heroes is found in John Oram Thomas, The Giant Killers: The Story of the Danish Resistance Movement 1940-1945 (London: Michael ...
