Danish-born S¿ren Kierkegaard (1813-55) wrote on a wide variety of themes including religion
psychology and literature. He is remembered for his philosophy which was influential in the
development of 20th century existentialism. Alastair Hannay is Professor of Philosophy at the
University of Oslo. He is co-editor of the Cambridge Companion to Kierkegaard and has
translated Kierkegaard's Fear and Trembling The Sickness unto Death Either Or and Papers and
Journals for Penguin Classics.
