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Bookmark or Share- Out of Africa - WikipediaOut of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the eighteen 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 - WikipediaBaroness 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.
- Blixen, Karen (Isak Dinesen) – Postcolonial StudiesKaren Blixen remains a complex figure in the writing and history of colonial Africa. Author, storyteller, and early colonizer, she helped to define Africa and its people for the many Europeans who read her novels, chiefly Out of Africa and Shadows on the Grass.
- Karen Blixen - New World EncyclopediaBaroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (April 17, 1885 – September 7, 1962), née Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. Blixen wrote works both in Danish and in English; but is best known for Out of Africa, her account of living in Kenya , and for her story, Babette's Feast, both of which were adapted into highly ...
- Behind The Pages Of "Out of Africa" And Karen Blixen's Life ...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.
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