Edna Hong (; 28 January 19133 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, she earned recognition in the world of philosophical translation, in particular vis-à-vis the translation from Danish to English of the works of Søren Kierkegaard. She received a

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for translating Volume 1 of Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers. The couple also founded a Kierkegaard library at St. Olaf College based on their own collection of his work.

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1913 births 2007 deaths Danish–English translators 20th-century American translators {{US-translator-stub