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Hans Kirk

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Hans Kirk (11 January 1898 – 16 June 1962) was a Danish lawyer, journalist and celebrated author, who penned the best-selling novel of all-time in his native Denmark, The Fishermen (1928). [1]

23 relations: Atheism, Bildungsroman, Children's literature, Communist party, Denmark, Denmark in World War II, DR (broadcaster), Extermination camp, German-occupied Europe, Gestapo, Horserød camp, Marxism, Mogens Klitgaard, N. F. S. Grundtvig, Nazi Germany, Northern Jutland, Novel, Puritans, Social realism, Socioeconomics, The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark, The Fishermen (Hans Kirk novel), University of Iowa.

Atheism

Atheism is, in the broadest sense, the absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Bildungsroman

In literary criticism, a Bildungsroman ("bildung", meaning "education", and "roman", meaning "novel"; English: "novel of formation, education, culture"; "coming-of-age story") is a literary genre that focuses on the psychological and moral growth of the protagonist from youth to adulthood (coming of age), in which character change is extremely important.

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Children's literature

Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are enjoyed by children.

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Communist party

A communist party is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Denmark in World War II

During most of World War II, Denmark was first a protectorate, then an occupied territory under Germany.

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DR (broadcaster)

DR (Danmarks Radio), officially Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company.

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Extermination camp

Nazi Germany built extermination camps (also called death camps or killing centers) during the Holocaust in World War II, to systematically kill millions of Jews, Slavs, Communists, and others whom the Nazis considered "Untermenschen" ("subhumans").

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German-occupied Europe

German-occupied Europe refers to the sovereign countries of Europe which were occupied by the military forces of Nazi Germany at various times between 1939 and 1945 and administered by the Nazi regime.

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Gestapo

The Gestapo, abbreviation of Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe.

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Horserød camp

Horserød Camp (also Horserød State Prison, Danish: Horserødlejren or Horserød Statsfængsel) is an open state prison at Horserød, Denmark located in North Zealand, approximately seven kilometers from Helsingør.

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Marxism

Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that views class relations and social conflict using a materialist interpretation of historical development and takes a dialectical view of social transformation.

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Mogens Klitgaard

Mogens Klitgaard (1906-1945) was a Danish author.

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N. F. S. Grundtvig

Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (8 September 1783 – 2 September 1872), most often referred to as N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher and politician.

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Nazi Germany

Nazi Germany is the common English name for the period in German history from 1933 to 1945, when Germany was under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler through the Nazi Party (NSDAP).

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Northern Jutland

Northern Jutland (Nørrejylland) is a historical region in Denmark, defined as Jutland north of the Kongeå (with the region south of the Kongeå called Southern Jutland (Sønderjylland)).

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Novel

A novel is a relatively long work of narrative fiction, normally in prose, which is typically published as a book.

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Puritans

The Puritans were English Reformed Protestants in the 16th and 17th centuries who sought to "purify" the Church of England from its "Catholic" practices, maintaining that the Church of England was only partially reformed.

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Social realism

Social realism is the term used for work produced by painters, printmakers, photographers, writers and filmmakers that aims to draw attention to the everyday conditions of the working class and to voice the authors' critique of the social structures behind these conditions.

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Socioeconomics

Socioeconomics (also known as social economics) is the social science that studies how economic activity affects and is shaped by social processes.

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The Church Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark

The Churchly Association for the Inner Mission in Denmark (Kirkelig Forening for den Indre Mission i Danmark), or in short Inner Mission (Danish: Indre Mission) is a conservative Lutheran Christian organisation in Denmark.

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The Fishermen (Hans Kirk novel)

The Fishermen (Fiskerne) is a 1928 Danish novel by Hans Kirk, based on the true story of the conflict between the residents of the town of Gjøl and a group of fishermen who moved there from the North Sea coast.

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University of Iowa

The University of Iowa (also known as the UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a flagship public research university in Iowa City, Iowa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Kirk

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