International Kierkegaard Newsletter 2000

No. 22 . October 2000 ISSN 0108-3104 p. 226

EDITORIAL:

Grateful thanks again to all those who have sent helpful information for this edition of the Kierkegaard Newsletter. Many apologies to those who have sent me information and I have not yet managed to reply. As with many other places in the world, Australia is currently in a funding crisis where tertiary education is concerned and this has implications concerning how much assistance is available. On top of this there have been a number of local problems stemming from the crisis that have placed great demands on our resources. I much hope things will improve soon.

On sending me information: Please do remember to give full information each time you send me anything. For example, with a newspaper article it is important to know the date and which paper the cutting is from, otherwise I can't mention it. For books and articles, please take a look at the information I give in the books and articles section to see what kind of information is needed. The publishing house should always be mentioned. Thanks so much. (Don't forget our internet web address: http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/kierkegaard/watkin).

Wim (Sixtus) Scholtens (1925-2000): All those who knew Pater Wim (Sixtus) Scholtens of the Carmelite community of Boxmeer in The Netherlands will join with me in sorrow over his death in February this year. Sixtus was a fine and enthusiastic writer on, and translator of, Kierkegaard until ill-health burdened his final years. He was also well known in Kierkegaard circles for his great talent as artist and cartoonist. As an artist, he did many paintings of Kierkegaard and Kierkegaard scenes, also making some Kierkegaard statuettes. On the cartoon front, he not only illustrated profusely various Kierkegaard aphorisms in a manner that would surely have gladdened Kierkegaard's heart, he was also not above the occasional private caricature of Kierkegaard academia if he thought some of the "professors" were losing sight of the spirit of Kierkegaard's writings. He will be sorely missed.

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