Karen Blixen
- Pen Name: Isak Dinesen
- Birth Name: Karen Christenze Dinesen
Danish
Notable Author - AsNotedIn
Lineage
- Father Wilhelm Dinesen
Notable Author - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| 1885/04/17 | Karen Christenze von Blixen is born at the family estate, Rungstedlund, on the Oresund north of Copenhagen. | Karen Blixen Museum | Rungsted Kyst | ||||
| 1934/01/00 | Dinesen's brother Thomas sends his sister's manuscript to a friend in Vermont: Dorothy Canfield, a member of the Book-of-the-Month Club's board of judges. Canfield urges the book upon her neighbor, publisher Robert Haas, who publishes the book in January. | Author | Seven Gothic Tales (Dinesen story collection) | ||||
| 1936/11/00 | During breakfast on the first morning at the Brondums Hotel, Karen Blixen says she had heard a cat meowing in the night. The hotel manager mistakes this as a complaint and has it put down. Dismayed, Blixen checks out and moves to Hotel Skagen. | Guest | Out of Africa (book) | Brondums Hotel | Skagen | ||
| 1937/00/00 | Karen Blixen writes "Den Afrikanske Farm" while staying in Skagen, Denmark. | Author | Out of Africa (book) | ||||
| 1937/11/00 | English language version "Den Afrikanske Farm"is published by Putnam in England as "Out of Africa". | Author | Out of Africa (book) | ||||
| 1942/00/00 | "Sorrow-Acre" by Isak Dinesen is published. | Author | Sorrow-Acre (Short Story) | ||||
| 1958/10/12 | "Babette's Feast" by Isak Dinesen is published. | Author | Babette's Feast (Short Story) | ||||
| 1958/10/12 | "The Immortal Story" by Isak Dinesen is published. | Author | The Immortal Story (Short Story) | ||||
| 1962/09/07 | After being unconscious for twenty-four hours, Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke dies peacefully in her home at Rungstedlund. Cause of death is undernourishment. | Karen Blixen Museum | Rungsted Kyst | ||||
| 1987/08/28 | "Babette's Feast" is released. It will be awarded an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. | Story | Babette's Feast (film) |
18 Creative Works by Karen Blixen »
| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
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| Title | Type | Association | Y/M/D | Moniker |
| The Old Chevalier (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Poet (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Deluge at Norderney (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Roads Round Pisa (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Dreamers (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Supper at Elsinore (short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/00/00 | |
| The Monkey (Blixen short story) | Author | Short Story | 1934/01/00 |
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| Seven Gothic Tales (Dinesen story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1934/01/00 | |
| Out of Africa (book) | Author | Novel | 1937/11/00 |
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| Sorrow-Acre (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1942/00/00 |
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| Tempest (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1958/10/12 | |
| The Diver (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1958/10/12 | |
| Anecdotes of Destiny (short story collection) | Author | Short Story Collection | 1958/10/12 | |
| The Immortal Story (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1958/10/12 | |
| The Ring (Dinesen Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1958/10/12 | |
| Babette's Feast (Short Story) | Author | Short Story | 1958/10/12 | |
| Ehrengard (mezzobula) | Author | Mezzobula | 1962/00/00 | |
| Babette's Feast (film) | Story | Film | 1987/08/28 |
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