Kåre Bluitgen

Kåre Bluitgen has also worked as a translator, lecturer, publisher, and instructor in Folk High Schools in Denmark.

Kåre Bluitgen has written both historical novels and fantasy, but often the themes of his books have been political, religious and philosophical.

He has received a number of the most distinguished Danish literary prizes for his internationally-focused works, and his books have been translated into numerous languages.

Bluitgen has travelled widely in connection with his books and films, visiting North Korea, Eritrea, South Africa, Mexico, Kurdistan, Kyrgyzstan, Burma, Haiti and Liberia, amongst other countries.

Bluitgen's book was peripheral to these events; there is no evidence that anything actually contained in Koranen og profeten Muhammeds liv was a direct cause of the ensuing controversy.