Edna Hong
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Edna Hong (née Hatlestad; 28 January 1913 – 3 April 2007) was an American literary scholar and translator, known for her collaboration in translating Søren Kierkegaard's corpus.
Career
Together with her husband Howard Hong,[1] she earned recognition in the world of philosophical translation,[2] in particular vis-à-vis the translation from Danish to English[3] of the works of Søren Kierkegaard.[4] She received a National Book Award for translating Volume 1 of Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers.[5] The couple also founded a Kierkegaard library[6] at St. Olaf College based on their own collection of his work.[7]
References
- ^ "Hong, Edna (1913 - 2007), Clark County, Wisconsin History". www.wiclarkcountyhistory.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Deceiving into truth - Jonathan Rée on Søren Kierkegaard". TheTLS. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Edna Hong – The Christian Humanist". Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Mercer University Press: Toward the Final Crossroads: A Festschrift for Edna Hong and Howard Hong". www.mupress.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers, Volume 1". Indiana University Press. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ Kerr, Euan. "Howard Hong, renowned Kierkegaard scholar, dies at 97". www.mprnews.org. Retrieved 2019-05-30.
- ^ "The Donation of a Lifetime – Kierkegaard Library". Retrieved 2019-05-30.
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