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Isak Dinesen

17 April 1885 - 7 September 1962

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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  • Cover of: El festí de Babette

    First published in 2008 1 edition
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    First published in 1993 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Daguerrotipos y otros ensayos

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    First published in 1999 1 edition
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  • Cover of: El banquete de Babette/2

    First published in 1995 1 edition
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    First published in 1995 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Letters from Africa, 1914-1931

    First published in 1981 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Memorias de África

    First published in 2011 1 edition
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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, Manners and customs, Authors, Danish, Indigenous peoples, 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, England, Jefferson, Alabama, Dublin, Eton College, Italy, Mississippi, New England, Owl Creek Bridge, United States, Yoknapatawpha County, Araby, Araby bazaar, Calcutta, Cambridge, Carthage, Chapelizod, Denmark, India, Ireland, Kenia, Massachusetts, Milan, Naples
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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