Søren Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers, Volume 1" 'I can be understood only after my death,' Kierkegaard noted prophetically: the fulfillment of this expectation for the English speaking world a century and a quarter later is signified by the English translation in authoritative editions of all his works by the indefatigable Howard and Edna Hong. . . . The importance of [the Papirer] was emphasized by Kierkegaard himself. . . . The essentially religious interpretation he gave to his mission in life