Kaj Munk

Emerging from the Danish island of Lolland and later raised by the Munk family, he trained for the clergy before assuming the vicarage of Vedersø in western Jutland in 1924. His literary output, rooted in historical settings and influenced by Shakespeare, Ibsen and Shaw, produced strong-character dramas such as Pilatus, Kærlighed and En Idealist, but the 1925 play Ordet secured his reputation; it… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources