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On September 7, 1962, Isak Dinesen [Karen Blixen-Finecke], Danish baroness and writer (Out of Africa), died at the age of 77. From the article:
"Isak Dinesen | Danish author
Alternative Titles: Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, Pierre Andrézel
Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, (born April 17, 1885, Rungsted, Denmark—died September 7, 1962, Rungsted), Danish writer whose finely crafted stories, set in the past and pervaded with an aura of supernaturalism, incorporate the themes of eros and dreams.
Educated privately and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Dinesen married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914 and went with him to Africa. There they owned and directed a coffee plantation in Kenya and became big-game hunters. After her divorce in 1921 she continued to operate the plantation for 10 years until mismanagement, drought, and the falling price of coffee forced her return to Denmark.
Her years in Kenya are recorded in a nonfiction book, Out of Africa (1937; Den afrikanske farm). These highly regarded memoirs of her years in Kenya reveal an almost mystical love of Africa and its people. The book is a poetic reminiscence of her triumphs and her sorrows on the loss of her farm, the death of her companion, the English hunter Denys Finch Hatton, and the disappearance of the simple African way of life she admired. In 1944 she produced her only novel Gengældelsens veje (The Angelic Avengers) under the pseudonym Pierre Andrézel. It is a melodramatic tale of innocents who defeat their apparently benevolent but actually evil captor, but Danish readers saw in it a clever satire of Nazi-occupied Denmark.
She initially wrote first in English and then rewrote her books in Danish, but her later books usually appeared simultaneously in both languages. Dinesen’s characteristic writings were in the form of tales—highly polished narratives in the Romantic tradition. Collections include Seven Gothic Tales (1934; Syv fantastiske fortællinger), Winter’s Tales (1942; Vinter-eventyr), and Last Tales (1957; Sidste fortællinger). Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales (1977) includes uncollected or hitherto unpublished stories. Her other posthumously published works include Daguerreotypes, and Other Essays (1979) and Letters from Africa, 1914–31 (1981)."
"Isak Dinesen | Danish author
Alternative Titles: Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, Pierre Andrézel
Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, (born April 17, 1885, Rungsted, Denmark—died September 7, 1962, Rungsted), Danish writer whose finely crafted stories, set in the past and pervaded with an aura of supernaturalism, incorporate the themes of eros and dreams.
Educated privately and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Dinesen married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914 and went with him to Africa. There they owned and directed a coffee plantation in Kenya and became big-game hunters. After her divorce in 1921 she continued to operate the plantation for 10 years until mismanagement, drought, and the falling price of coffee forced her return to Denmark.
Her years in Kenya are recorded in a nonfiction book, Out of Africa (1937; Den afrikanske farm). These highly regarded memoirs of her years in Kenya reveal an almost mystical love of Africa and its people. The book is a poetic reminiscence of her triumphs and her sorrows on the loss of her farm, the death of her companion, the English hunter Denys Finch Hatton, and the disappearance of the simple African way of life she admired. In 1944 she produced her only novel Gengældelsens veje (The Angelic Avengers) under the pseudonym Pierre Andrézel. It is a melodramatic tale of innocents who defeat their apparently benevolent but actually evil captor, but Danish readers saw in it a clever satire of Nazi-occupied Denmark.
She initially wrote first in English and then rewrote her books in Danish, but her later books usually appeared simultaneously in both languages. Dinesen’s characteristic writings were in the form of tales—highly polished narratives in the Romantic tradition. Collections include Seven Gothic Tales (1934; Syv fantastiske fortællinger), Winter’s Tales (1942; Vinter-eventyr), and Last Tales (1957; Sidste fortællinger). Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales (1977) includes uncollected or hitherto unpublished stories. Her other posthumously published works include Daguerreotypes, and Other Essays (1979) and Letters from Africa, 1914–31 (1981)."
Isak Dinesen | Danish author
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SGT (Join to see), I’m sure many of us have seen Out of Africa!
“Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book ‘Out of Africa’ written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book ‘Shadows on the Grass’ and other sources.”
The publishers of the article chose an awful photo of Blixen! Here’s a photo of her as a younger woman.
Lt Col Charlie Brown
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_(film)
“Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book ‘Out of Africa’ written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book ‘Shadows on the Grass’ and other sources.”
The publishers of the article chose an awful photo of Blixen! Here’s a photo of her as a younger woman.
Lt Col Charlie Brown
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Out_of_Africa_(film)
Out of Africa (film) - Wikipedia
Out of Africa is a 1985 American epic romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen (the pseudonym of Danish author Karen Blixen), which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book Shadows on the Grass and other sources.
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I agree about the photo. 'Out of Africa' was a fine film. Here is a picture of her in her youth plus some memorable quotes.
http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/isak-dinesen-pen-name-baroness-karen-blixen
http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/isak-dinesen-pen-name-baroness-karen-blixen
Isak Dinesen, pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen | Great Thoughts Treasury
Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you.
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