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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: The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales

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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: World Masterpieces

    First published in 1991 4 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition literature00pren Cover of edition literatureworldm00
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  • Cover of: Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales

    First published in 1977 4 editions in 2 languages — 2 previewable Cover of edition carnivalentertai00dine
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    First published in 1950 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1958 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1966 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1979 3 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition daguerreotypesot00dine
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    First published in 1991 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1937 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Isak Dinesen's Africa

    First published in 1985 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 2007 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Shadows on the Grass, new stories about Africa by the author of "Seven Gothic Tales", and "Out of Africa"

    First published in 1961 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Le dîner de Babette

    First published in 1961 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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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