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Clara Svendsen (1916–2008)

Author of The Life and Destiny of Isak Dinesen

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Includes the name: edited by Clara SVENDSEN

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The Power and the Glory (1940) — Translator, some editions — 7,713 copies

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Canonical name
Svendsen, Clara
Legal name
Svendsen, Clara Jensy Dagny
Other names
Selborn, Clara
Birthdate
1916-02-07
Date of death
2008-04-01
Gender
female
Nationality
Denmark
Education
cand.mag. i engelsk, fransk og latin (Københavns Universitet)
Occupations
forfatter
oversætter
Relationships
Karen Blixen secretary 1944-1962
Awards and honors
Dansk Oversætterforbunds ærespris (1980)
Rungstedlundprisen (1994)
Short biography
Clara Selborn: Notater om Karen Blixen, 1974.
Librarian and translator Clara Selborn (formerly Svendsen) was Karen Blixen's secretary from the 1940s onwards, lived periodically at Rungstedlund and accompanied Karen Blixen on many trips. Karen Blixen's literary executor since 1962.

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ISBNs
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