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Monday, June 18, 2012

Baroness Karen Blixen ‘Isak Dinesen’


Karen Blixen August, 1928 aged 43
(photo courtesy of karenblixen.com)


Popularly known by her pseudonym Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen was a Danish author famous for ‘Out Of Africa’, her account of living in Kenya. Karen was born on 17 April 1885 in Rungsted, Denmark. Blixen was known for writing in Danish and French but wrote in English, when living on a coffee farm in Kenya (1914 – 1931).
“God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far down the road ”
A memorable quote by Karen

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