First published in Denmark under the title
SAK. Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, En biografiby Joakim Garff
Copyright©2000 by G.E.C. Gads Forlag. Aktieselskabet af 1994, Copenhagen
Published by agreement with Leonhardt & Høier Literary Agency, Copenhagen
English translation copyright©2005 by Princeton University Press
Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
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Third printing, and first paperback printing, 2007
Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-691-12788-
Paperback ISBN-10: 0-691-12788-
The Library of Congress has cataloged the cloth edition of this book as follows
Garff, Joakim, 1960–
[SAK. English]
Søren Kierkegaard : a biography / Joakim Garff; translated by Bruce H. Kirmmse.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-691-09165-X (cl : alk. paper)
- Kierkegaard, Søren, 1813–1855. 2. Philosophers—Denmark—Biography. I. Title.
B4376.G28 2005
198 ′.9—dc
[B] 2004044525
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This book was translated with the kind financial support of the Danish Literature Centre,
the Gads Foundation, the Royal Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C., and the
Charles Lacy Lockert Fund of Princeton University Press.
This book has been composed in Bembo typeface
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