WRITER

Kaj Munk

1898 - 1944

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kaj Munk has received more than 127,342 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Kaj Munk is the 2,198th most popular writer (down from 1,911th in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 203rd in 2019) and the 20th most popular Danish Writer.

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  • 130k

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  • 55.52

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.63

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Digte
1949
Foraaret saa sagte kommer
1946
Han sidder ved Smeltediglen
1938
Five plays
1953
Den skæbne ej til os
1944
Ordet
1944

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Kaj Munk ranks 2,198 out of 7,302. Before him are Rómulo Gallegos, Zygmunt Krasiński, Piotr Skarga, Elisabeth of Schönau, Theodore I, and John Moschus. After him are Dacia Maraini, Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, Matthew Arnold, Thorbjørn Egner, Alexandre Exquemelin, and Pauline von Metternich.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Kaj Munk ranks 99. Before him are Achille Van Acker, Karl Mauss, Jacob Tullin Thams, Elazar Shach, Jean Fautrier, and Kang Sheng. After him are Jacques Doriot, Gabriel González Videla, Ferenc Plattkó, Leon Štukelj, Princess Marie-Auguste of Anhalt, and Howard Florey. Among people deceased in 1944, Kaj Munk ranks 125. Before him are Pavel Haas, Takeo Takagi, Musa Cälil, Josef Bürckel, Adelbert Schulz, and Paul von Hase. After him are Kazu Naoki, Arsen Kotsoyev, Lina Cavalieri, Hellmuth Stieff, Israel Joshua Singer, and Heinz Brandt.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Kaj Munk ranks 223 out of 1,032. Before him are King Diamond (1956), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), Charles August, Crown Prince of Sweden (1768), Herman Bang (1857), Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621), and Kenneth Zohore (1994). After him are Christian Mortensen (1882), Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (1913), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Thomas Vinterberg (1969), Svein Knutsson (1016), and Wilhelm Marstrand (1810).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Kaj Munk ranks 20. Before him are Torben Ulrich (1928), Adam Oehlenschläger (1779), Aksel Sandemose (1899), Ole Nydahl (1941), Herman Bang (1857), and Leonora Christina Ulfeldt (1621). After him are Inger Christensen (1935), Jeppe Aakjær (1866), Holger Drachmann (1846), Kjeld Abell (1901), Peter Høeg (1957), and Ludvig Mylius-Erichsen (1872).

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