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Out of Africa
memoir by Karen Blixen
This article is about the book. For the film, see Out of Africa (film). For other uses, see Out of Africa (disambiguation).
Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in , 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. It provides a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire. Blixen wrote the book in English and then rewrote it in Danish. The book has sometimes been published under the author's pen name, Isak Dinesen.
Background
[edit]Karen Blixen moved to British East Africa in late , at the age of 28, to marry her second cousin, the SwedishBaronBror von Blixen-Finecke, and make a life in the British colony known today as Kenya. The young Baron
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Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke Swedish Baron, Writer & African Big Game Hunter
Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke ( - )
Born to an aristocratic Swedish family, Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke was born in His family background was two old noble families. His mother, Clara, was countess Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs who grew up on the Denmark's largest estate, Frijsenborg. His father was baron Frederik von Blixen-Finecke, heir to the Dallund estate in Denmark and the Näsbyholm estate in southern Sweden.
Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke Coat of Arms.
He married his Danish second-cousin Karen Blixen (better known by her pen name Isak Dinesen) in The couple then moved to Kenya, where they bought a coffee plantation. The American writer Ernest Hemingway wrote about Bror Blixen: ”The Baron was not a man that you forget.”
Karen Blixen (), Wife of Baron Bror Blixen (divorced in ) and Author of the autobi
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Karen Blixen
Danish writer (–)
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| Born | Karen Christenze Dinesen 17 April Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark |
| Died | 7 September () (aged&#;77) Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark |
| Pen name | Isak Dinesen, Tania Blixen |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Language | English, Danish |
| Notable works | Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales, Shadows on the Grass, Babette's Feast |
| Spouse | |
| Partner | Denys Finch Hatton |
| Relatives | Ellen Dahl (sister) Thomas Dinesen (brother) Andreas Nicolai Hansen (great-grandfather) Mary Westenholz (aunt) |
Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April &#;– 7 September ) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known beneath her pen namesIsak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in German-speaking countries; Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel.
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