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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 .
Apr 24, 2018 · Socialite Karen Blixen left her life in Denmark behind and traveled to Kenya to start a coffee company with her husband. After a divorce, a love affair, and the collapse of her company, she wrote "Out of Africa," which was later turned into an academy-award winning film.
Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen's life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there.
- Karen Blixen
- 1937
Karen Blixen’s home. Current exhibitions and events. The private home of Karen Blixen appears as when she lived here and provides guests with a vivid impression of the writer’s home. Explore
Set in the serene suburb of Nairobi, the Karen Blixen Museum not only provides the most comprehensive insight into the person of Karen Blixen, but also offers a fantastic space for personal reflection in our nature trail, against a back drop of Karen’s beloved Ngong Hills.
Karen Blixen achieved her literary break-through in 1934 in English, and a year later in Danish. Karen Blixen’s themes revolve around the important things in life and in art – love, destiny, and identity, to name but a few.
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Karen Blixen, the storyteller. When Karen Blixen travelled home to Denmark from Africa in 1931 she was sick in body and soul. Her brother Thomas Dinesen met her in Marseille.
