Isak Dinesen
17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962
354 works in the book catalog catalog
Biography
Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) wrote works both in Danish and in English. She is best known, at least in English, 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. In Denmark she is best known for her works Out of Africa (Danish Den afrikanske Farm) and Seven Gothic Tales (Danish Syv fantastiske Fortællinger; from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Blixen).
Also published as: Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke née Karen Christenze Dinesen, Osceola, Pierre Andrézel, Isak Dinesen, Karen (Isak Dinesen) Blixen, Karen BLIXEN
Most-read books
The Oxford Book of Gothic Tales
4 · 1992 · 89 want to read
Out of Africa
3.6 · 1937 · 48 want to read
Out of Africa
5 · 1938 · 53 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature--World Masterpieces
5 · 1991 · 49 want to read
Great Short Stories of the World
1972 · 55 want to read
Prentice Hall Literature -- Platinum
1989 · 28 want to read
Seven Gothic tales
4 · 1934 · 29 want to read
Understanding fiction -- Second Edition
1959 · 15 want to read
Twice-Told Tales
3 · 1966 · 15 want to read
Tales of Horror and Mystery
4 · 1993 · 11 want to read
Babette's feast and other anecdotes of destiny
5 · 1988 · 9 want to read
Anecdotes of Destiny
4 · 1953 · 7 want to read
Vinter-eventyr
1942 · 7 want to read
On modern marriage
1986 · 6 want to read
Letters from Africa, 1914-1931
1981 · 6 want to read
Shadows on the Grass
5 · 1960 · 6 want to read
Daguerreotypes and other essays
1979 · 5 want to read
Winter's tales
1942 · 4 want to read
Ehrengard
1963 · 3 want to read
Gengældelsens veje
1946 · 4 want to read
El festín de Babette
4 · 2005 · 3 want to read
Out of Africa
1952 · 4 want to read
The dreaming child and other stories
1995 · 2 want to read
Last Tales
1957 · 3 want to read