Munk, Kaj (1898–1944)

Danish dramatist. His plays include En Idealist/Herod the King 1928 and Ordet/The Word 1932, both religious works; Cant 1931, a verse drama about Anne Boleyn; Han sidder ved smeltediglen/He Sits at the Melting Pot 1938, an anti-Nazi piece; Niels Ebbesen 1940, a patriotic work; and the allegorical For Cannae/Before Cannae 1943.

Munk, a cleric, became violently anti-Nazi after the occupation of Denmark and denounced the Germans whenever possible; he was shot by them shortly after the publication of For Cannae.