Gustaf Munch-Petersen (February 18, 1912 – April 2, 1938) was a Danish writer and painter.
He wrote surreal prose poems, considered groundbreaking in his time, which have inspired later writers.
[1][2] Gustaf Munch-Petersen grew up in a rich and respectable home; he was one of the four sons of Valfrid Palmgren (1877–1967), a Swedish-born associate professor in Swedish at Copenhagen University and Jon Julius Munch-Petersen [da] (1873–1939), professor in Engineering Research at the Polytechnic School.
He graduated from gymnasium in 1930 and thereafter started several academic courses, but none could capture his interest for more than a short period of time.
In 1937 he joined the International Brigades and fought in the Spanish Civil War, where he died the next year.