Isak Dinesen (1885–1962)
Author of Out of Africa
About the Author
Isak Dinesen was born Karen Christentze Dinesen in Rungsted, Denmark on April 17, 1885. She studied English at Oxford University and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. During her lifetime, she wrote plays, short stories, novels, poetry, and nonfiction works. Her career as a writer show more spanned from 1907 to 1962. She was published in Danish under the name of Karen Blixen and in English under the pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. Her short story collections include Seven Gothic Tales, Winter Tales, and Last Tales. Her nonfiction book, Out of Africa, was published in 1937 and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep in 1985. She died of emaciation September 7, 1962. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Foto: TAGE CHRISTENSEN, as appeared in politiken.dk The photo shows Karen Blixen in 1935
Works by Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen's Africa : Images of the Wild Continent from the Writer's Life and Words (1961) 47 copies
Sorrowacre 10 copies
On City Streets - An Anthology Of Poetry 10 copies
Ehrengard ja muita kertomuksia 7 copies
Afrique : La ferme africaine ; Ex Africa ; Lettres d'Afrique 1914-1931 ; Ombres sur la prairie (2006) 6 copies
Isak Dinesen Herself: Telling Two Stories/the King's Letter/the Wine of the Tetrarch (1993) 6 copies
Farah 4 copies
Osceola 3 copies
Twee grillige verhalen 3 copies
En Herregaardshistorie 3 copies
Cartas de Africa ; editadas por Frans Lasson y Tom Engelbrecht : correspondencia 1931-1962 (2012) 3 copies
Karen Blixens tegninger 3 copies
The Poet [novella] 3 copies
Fra det gamle Danmark #1 3 copies
The Sailor-Boy's Tale 3 copies
The Monkey [novella] 3 copies
The Deluge at Norderney [novella] 3 copies
The Old Chevalier 3 copies
Il pesce (in Racconti d'inverno) 2 copies
Karen Blixen : et udvalg 2 copies
En Båltale 2 copies
A Consolatory Tale 2 copies
En båltale med 14 års forsinkelse 2 copies
Peter and Rosa 2 copies
The Young Man with the Carnation 2 copies
The Pearls 2 copies
Alkmene 2 copies
Farah / Radioen den 24. Marts 1950 2 copies
Dinesen 2 copies
Spøgelseshestene 2 copies
Barua A Soldani 2 copies
Moderne Scandinavische verhalen 2 copies
Essays 2 copies
Den uddelige Historie 1 copy
Ölümsüz Öykü 1 copy
Babette's feast ; The ring 1 copy
Syv fantastiske fortællinger 1 copy
Επτά γοτθικές… 1 copy
1986 1 copy
No man's land 1 copy
Syv fantastiske fortinger 1 copy
Out of Africa 1 copy
අප්රිකාවේ විසි වසරක් 1 copy
Karen Blixen og fuglene 1 copy
Ske-anekdoter 1 copy
La mia Africa; Rilegato 1 copy
CONTOS DE INVERNO 1 copy
NOVOS CONTOS DE INVERNO 1 copy
AS CARIÁTIDES 1 copy
Echoes 1 copy
Talvemuinasjutud 1 copy
Gli eremiti (in Carnevale) 1 copy
Anna (in Carnevale) 1 copy
Gensyn med England 1 copy
A fazenda africana 1 copy
Sete Novelas Fantásticas 1 copy
África Minha 1 copy
The Sailor Boy's Tale 1 copy
Memorias de Africa 1 copy
The Proud Lady 1 copy
Last Tales - A Collection of Twelve New Tales of Compelling Beauty and Enchantmnt by the Author of Seven Gothic Tales &… (1957) 1 copy
No title 1 copy
Historias del cardenal 1 copy
PAJ #29 1 copy
Echoes From The Hills 1 copy
The Great Gesture 1 copy
Isak Dinesen feast 1 copy
Short Stories 1 copy
L'aratore (in Carnevale) 1 copy
Sista berättelser 1 copy
BLIXENIANA 1983 1 copy
Night Walk 1 copy
The Bear and the Kiss 1 copy
The Ring 1 copy
The Last Day 1 copy
The Fat Man 1 copy
Second Meeting 1 copy
Zio Seneca (in Carnevale) 1 copy
Zio Theodore (in Carnevale) 1 copy
The Diver 1 copy
The Dreaming Child 1 copy
The Blank Page 1 copy
The Cloak 1 copy
The Cardinal's First Tale 1 copy
Gengældelsens Veje 1 copy
Associated Works
Longing For Darkness: Kamante's Tales from Out of Africa (1600) — Contributor; Photographer — 101 copies
Written by Herself, Volume II: Women's Memoirs from Britain, Africa, Asia, and the United States (1992) — Contributor — 87 copies
The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women 1800-World War II (1806) — Contributor — 42 copies
Ladies of the Gothics: Tales of Romance and Terror by the Gentle Sex (1975) — Contributor — 39 copies
Shape Shifters: Fantasy and Science Fiction Tales About Humans Who Can Change Their Shapes (1978) — Contributor — 18 copies
Flirten met het leven : droomreizen van Karen Blixen, Jung Chang, Rosetta Loy, Carolijn Visser en vele anderen (1995) — Contributor — 9 copies
Livros Condensados: Der lange Mord | Afrika, dunkel lockende Welt | Das grosse Doppelspiel | Wer entfuehrte Suzy Marsh? (1991) 5 copies
Reader's Digest Condensed Books: First Train to Babylon • Out of Africa • Not As a Stranger, Life Among the Savages… (1954) 3 copies
Det forbandede hus — Author, some editions — 3 copies
Miłość Safini — Contributor — 2 copies
Kirjavaliot - Pahan valta (Harmful intent) / Eurooppalaisena Afrikassa (Out of Africa) / Sopimus (The long kill) /… (1991) 2 copies
Im Kerzenschein. Geschichten zum Träumen — Contributor — 2 copies
Danske Fortællinger, anden del — Author, some editions — 1 copy
Ein Haus mit vielen Zimmern: Autorinnen erzählen vom Schreiben (edition fünf 27) (German Edition) (2015) — Contributor — 1 copy
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Dinesen, Isak
- Legal name
- Dinesen, Karen Christenze (birth)
- Other names
- Blixen-Finecke, Baroness Karen von
Blixen, Karen
Blixen, Tania (pen name)
Osceola (pen name)
Andrézel, Pierre (pen name)
Dinesen, Karen Christenze (birth name) - Birthdate
- 1885-04-17
- Date of death
- 1962-09-07
- Burial location
- Blixen Estate, Rungsted, Denmark
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- Denmark (birth)
- Birthplace
- Rungsted, Denmark
- Place of death
- Rungsted, Denmark
- Cause of death
- anorexia nervosa
- Places of residence
- East Jutland, Denmark
Switzerland
Copenhagen, Denmark
Kenya
Rungsted, Denmark - Education
- Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
- Occupations
- short-story writer
- Relationships
- Dinesen, Wilhelm (father)
Blixen-Finecke, Bror Baron von (husband, cousin)
Markham, Beryl (friend) - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary, Literature, 1957)
- Awards and honors
- Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (Danish prize for women in arts or academic work)
De gyldne Laurbær (1952)
Penguin Travel and Adventure (1913)
Holberg Medal (1949)
Ingenio et Arti medal (1952)
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- Works
- 231
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- Rating
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