Dinesen, Isak
orig. Karen Christence Dinesen later Baroness Blixen-Finecke
(born April 17, 1885, Rungsted, Den.—died Sept. 7, 1962, Rungsted) Danish writer. Dinesen married her cousin, a baron, and they moved to Kenya; Out of Africa (1937; film, 1985), a memoir of her years on their coffee plantation (1914–31), reveals a deep love of Africa and its people. Her characteristic writings took the form of highly polished narratives in the Romantic tradition, set in the past and pervaded with an aura of supernaturalism; they incorporate themes of eros and dreams. Her collections include Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Winter's Tales (1942).
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