Karen Blixen
Novelist, Author
1885 – 1962
Who was Karen Blixen?
Karen von Blixen-Finecke, née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen wrote works in Danish, French, and English.
Blixen 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. Prior to the release of the first film, she was noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, for which she is also known in Denmark.
Peter Englund, permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, described it as "a mistake" that Blixen was not awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature during the 1930s. She never did win, though she finished in third place behind Graham Greene in 1961, the year Ivo Andrić was awarded the prize.
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- Born
- Apr 17, 1885
Rungsted - Also known as
- Pierre Andrezel
- Isak Dinesen
- Karen Christence Dinesen
- Osceola
- Pierre Andrézel
- Karen von Blixen-Finecke
- Tanne
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Bror von Blixen-Finecke
(1914/01/14 - 1925/01)
- Bror von Blixen-Finecke
- Nationality
- Denmark
- Profession
- Lived in
- Copenhagen
- Nairobi
- Died
- Sep 7, 1962
Rungsted
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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