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Main Author: Dinesen, Isak, 1885-1962
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Modern Library, 1983, c1938.
Edition:2nd Modern Library ed.
Subjects:
Dinesen, Isak, > 1885-1962 > Homes and haunts > Kenya.
Country life > Kenya.
Authors, Danish > 20th century > Biography.
Kenya > Social life and customs > 1895-1963.
Kenya > Description and travel.
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Physical Description:ix, 389 p. ; 19 cm.
ISBN:0394604989
Author Notes:Isak Dinesen was born Karen Christentze Dinesen in Rungsted, Denmark on April 17, 1885. She studied English at Oxford University and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. During her lifetime, she wrote plays, short stories, novels, poetry, and nonfiction works. Her career as a writer spanned from 1907 to 1962. She was published in Danish under the name of Karen Blixen and in English under the pseudonym of Isak Dinesen. Her short story collections include Seven Gothic Tales, Winter Tales, and Last Tales. Her nonfiction book, Out of Africa, was published in 1937 and was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Meryl Streep in 1985. She died of emaciation September 7, 1962.

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