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Isak Dinesen

Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya, and one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into highly acclaimed, Academy Award-winning motion pictures. In Denmark she is best known for her works Out of Africa (Danish Den afrikanske Farm) and Seven Gothic Tales (Danish Syv fantastiske Fortællinger; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen).

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Danish writer

Born 17 April 1885
Died 7 September 1962

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  • Cover of: Out of Africa.
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  • Cover of: Seven Gothic Tales
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  • Cover of: Winter's tales
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  • Cover of: Anecdotes of destiny
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  • Cover of: Last tales
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  • Cover of: Out of Africa
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  • Cover of: Out of Africa

    First published in 1952 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: The angelic avengers
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  • Cover of: Ehrengard
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    Cover of edition ehrengard0000isak First published in 1963 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Shadows on the grass
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    Cover of edition shadowsongrass00dine First published in 1960 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Shadows on the Grass

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  • Cover of: Out of Africa

    First published in 1988 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Seven Gothic Tales

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  • Cover of: Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
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    First published in 1981 — 5 editions
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Danish writer

Born 17 April 1885
Died 7 September 1962

Subjects

Country life, Social life and customs, Danish Authors, Description and travel, Continental european fiction (fictional works by one author), Biography, Fiction, Homes and haunts, Short stories, Correspondence, Indigenous peoples, Manners and customs, Authors, Danish, Intellectual life, Country life, kenya, Danish Short stories, Dinesen, isak, 1885-1962, Fiction, general, History and criticism, Juvenile audience, short story, Africa, history, American literature, Classic Literature, Fiction, short stories (single author)

Places

Kenya, Denmark, England, Jefferson, Alabama, Dublin, Eton College, Italy, Mississippi, New England, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, Araby bazaar, Calcutta, Cambridge, Canada, Carthage, Chapelizod, India, Ireland, Kenia, Massachusetts, Milan

People

Isak Dinesen (1885-1962), Karen Blixen (1885-1962), Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Homer Barron, Mr. Grierson, Peyton Farquhar, Tobe, Alonso, Antonio, Ariel, Beatrice Rappaccini, Bill Hutchinson, Billy Weaver, Caddy, Caliban, Ceres, Christopher Mulholland, Devil, Dilsey, Emily Sinico, Ethelred, Faith Brown, Farah Aden, Ferdinand

Time

1895-1963, 20th century, 1861-65, 19th century, Antebellum era, 1600s, 1861-1865, 1914-1918 r., 1918-1939 r., 20e siècle, American Civil War, Civil War

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Alternative names

  • Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke née Karen Christenze Dinesen
  • Osceola
  • Pierre Andrézel
  • Isak Dinesen
  • Karen (Isak Dinesen) Blixen
  • Karen BLIXEN
  • Karen Blixen
  • Tania Blixen
  • Pierre Andrézel
  • Isak Isak Dinesen
  • KAREN BLIXEN
  • Karen Karen Blixen
  • Blixen Blixen Karen
  • Isak Dinesen;Karen Blixen
  • Dinesen, Isak (pseudonym of Baroness Karen Christentze, or Christence, Dinesen Blixen-Finecke) [introduction by Dorothy Canfield]
  • blixen-karen
  • Isak (pen name used by Karen Christence Blixen Finecke) Dinesen
  • Blixen Karen
  • Isak [Karen Blixen] Dinesen
  • Isak (pen name used by Karen Christence Blixen Finecke) (introduction b Dinesen

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August 4, 2023 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
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