biography
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Munk, Kaj (Harald Leininger)
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| (1898–1944)
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| biography:
| Playwright, priest, and patriot, born in Maribo, S Denmark. He studied theology at Copenhagen University, and as priest of a small parish in Jutland wrote heroic and religious plays that led the Danish dramatic revival in the 1930s. His first play was En Idealist (1928), followed by Cant (1931), Henrik VIII (1931), Ordet (1932, The Word), and Han sidder ved smeltedigien (1938, He Sits by the Melting-Pot). During World War 2 he became one of the spiritual leaders of the Danish Resistance. In 1943 he wrote a patriotic drama, Niels Ebbeson. His sermons attracted many to the Resistance, and he was killed by the Nazis in 1944. |
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