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Isak Dinesen

Posted by Tel on March 16, 2009

Isak Dinesen (1885-1962)

Danish Author Isak Dinesen Known for Seven Gothic Tales

Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen was the most famous of all Danish writers. She wrote gothic tales (Seven Gothic Tales, her first book) and African memoirs in English (Out of Africa.) Her last book was Shadows on the Grass. Karen Blixen Museum is in the outskirts of Nairobi on Karen road.

Read more — [Karen Blixen]

Isak Dinesen’s Major Books in English:

  • The Authorship
  • Seven Gothic Tales (1934)
  • Out of Africa (1938)
  • Winter’s Tales (1942)
  • The Angelic Avengers (1944)
  • Last Tales
  • Anecdotes of Destiny
  • Shadows on the Grass (1961)
  • Marionette Plays
  • Posthumous Publications

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