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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 .
First US edition. Anecdotes of Destiny is a collection of stories by Danish author Karen Blixen written under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. It was the last work published during Karen Blixen's lifetime, on October 12, 1958.
According to Dinesen's biographer Judith Thurman, “it was upon meeting Farah in Mombasa that Dinesen’s Vita Nuova (new life) truly began.” [23] Blixen entrusted Farah with the farm's cash flow, and eventually with her complete trust. Farah shared her daily life, mediated her relations with the Africans, and relieved her of many practical ...
Last Tales (translated by the author into Danish as Sidste fortællinger) is a collection of short stories by the Danish author Karen Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen), which was published in 1957. The collection contains a group of stories taken from several other collections Blixen had been simultaneously working on for several years.
Bror von Blixen-Finecke was a talented writer; his best-known book was his autobiography African Hunter (1938), long regarded as fine Africana since its translation from Swedish in 1938 by F. H. Lyon. [8] In 1988, St. Martin's Press published a collection of von Blixen-Finecke's letters to family and friends in a book titled Bror Blixen: The Africa Letters.
Seven Gothic Tales (translated by the author into Danish as: Syv Fantastiske Fortællinger) is a collection of short stories by the Danish author Karen Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen), first published in 1934, three years before her memoir Out of Africa. The collection, consisting of stories set mostly in the nineteenth century ...
Harald Bergstedt (1877–1965) writer, novelist, playwright and a poet; Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835–1911) [7] Kristen Bjørnkjær (born 1943) [8] Thorkild Bjørnvig (1918–2004) Steen Steensen Blicher (1782–1848), author and poet; Karen Blixen, who also wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen (1885–1962) [9] Thomas Boberg (born 1960)
Judith Thurman (born 1946) [1] is an American writer, biographer, and critic. She is the recipient of the 1983 National Book Award for Nonfiction for her biography Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller. [2] [3] Her book Secrets of the Flesh: A Life of Colette was a finalist for the 1999 nonfiction National Book Award. [4]