Isak Dinesen (1885-1962) was the pen name of Danish author Karen Blixen. She was also published under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel and wrote works in Danish, French, and English. She is best known 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. Her family estate in Rungsted, Denmark, was opened to the public as a museum in 1991.
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'When I was a young girl, it was very far from my thoughts to go to Africa, nor did I dream then that an African farm should be the place in which I should be perfectly happy.' After the failure of her coffee farm, Karen Blixen returned to Denmark, whe... SEE MORE