Søren Kierkegaard · CatalogSøren KierkegaardSøren Kierkegaard · CatalogSøren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was born in Copenhagen, the youngest child of a prosperous, devout and melancholy hosier.
Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855) was born in Copenhagen, the youngest child of a prosperous, devout and melancholy hosier. He took his theological degree in 1840, became engaged to Regine Olsen the same year, and broke the engagement in 1841. Either/Or, his first major book, opened a decade of pseudonymous works (Fear and Trembling, Repetition, The Concept of Anxiety, Stages on Life's Way, The Sickness unto Death) alongside signed upbuilding discourses, and ended in a public attack on the Danish state church in 1854–55.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life appeared in Copenhagen on 20 February 1843 in two volumes, signed by no author. Its 'editor', Victor Eremita, explains in a preface that he found the papers in a secret drawer of an old writing desk bought from a second-hand dealer, which sprang open only when he struck it with a hatchet.
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