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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: Sidste fortaellinger.

    First published in 1957 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: On modern marriage and other observations

    First published in 1987 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Last tales

    First published in 1957 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lasttales00dine
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  • Cover of: Seven Gothic tales

    First published in 1934 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1952 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Letters From Africa, 1914-31

    First published in 1983 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Shadows on the Grass

    First published in 2021 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Seven gothic tales

    First published in 1961 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Out of Africa: and, Shadows on the grass

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Carnival, Entertainments and Posthumous Tales.

    First published in 1977 1 edition
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  • Cover of: El festí de Babette

    First published in 2020 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Pożegnanie z Afryka

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Zimowe opowieści (Winter's Tales, Polish Text)

    First published in 2002 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Out of Africa (Modern Library) by Isak Dinesen (1997-06-30)

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  • Cover of: Ehrengard

    First published in 1963 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Babettes gæstebud

    First published in 2006 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1942 1 edition
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  • Cover of: WINTER TALES By ISAK DINESEN 1942

    First published in 1942 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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