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Karen Blixen

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Karen Blixen

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Also known as Karen von Blixen-Finecke, Isak Dinesen, Tania Blixen, Pierre Andrézel, Osceola

Danish writer

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Karen Blixen was a Danish writer best known for her short stories and her memoir "Out of Africa," which recounts her experiences living and farming in colonial Kenya. Her imaginative storytelling and elegant prose made her one of the most celebrated authors of the 20th century, and her work continues to be widely read and studied today.

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Rungsted, Denmark

Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in German-speaking countries; Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel. From Wikipedia.

Known for

  • Table Scraps: Notes on Babette's Feast — Herself2013
  • Karen Blixen – Behind Her Mask — Karen Blixen2011
  • Karen Blixen: Out of This World — Self (archive footage)2005
  • A Song of Africa — Self (archive footage)2000
  • Karen Blixen: Storyteller — Self1995

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Instance of
human
Given name
Karen
Gender
female
Citizenship
Danish Realm
Place of birth
Rungsted
Place of death
Copenhagen
Spouse
Bror von Blixen-Finecke
Father
Wilhelm Dinesen
Occupation
short story writer
Languages spoken
French
Award
De Gyldne Laurbær
Notable work
Babette's Feast
Field of work
poetry
Genre
magic realism
Official website
karenblixen.com
Image
Karen Blixen cropped from larger original (cropped).jpg
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writing language
Danish
start of work period
1905-00-00
pseudonym
Osceola
Commons category
Karen Blixen
date of death
1962-09-07
date of birth
1885-04-17
topic's main category
Category:Karen Blixen
birth name
Karen Christentze Dinesen
member of
Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
nominated for
Nobel Prize in Literature
name in native language
Karen Blixen
place of burial
Rungstedlund
end of work period
1959-00-00
married name
Karen Christence Blixen-Finecke
relative
Bror von Blixen-Finecke
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Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in German-speaking countries; Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel.

Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, an account of her life while in Kenya, and for one of her stories, "Babette's Feast". Both have been adapted as films and each won Academy Awards. She is also noted, particularly in Denmark and the United States, for her Seven Gothic Tales. Among her later story collections are Winter's Tales (1942), Last Tales (1957), Anecdotes of Destiny (1958) and Ehrengard (1963). The latter was adapted to film in 2023 as the romantic comedy Ehrengard: The Art of Seduction.

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