She is also noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, particularly in Denmark. She also at times used the pen names Tania Blixen, Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel.īlixen is best known for Out of Africa, an account of her life while living in Kenya, and for one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into Academy Award-winning motion pictures. ( wikipedia) Pseudonym used by the Danish author Karen Blixen.īaroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Danish: 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962), born Karen Christentze Dinesen, was a Danish author, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen, who wrote works in Danish, French and English. The farm grows coffee, although only part of its six thousand acres is used for agriculture. It sits at an altitude of six thousand feet. The farm is located at the foot of the Ngong hills outside of Nairobi, in what is now Kenya. A memoir by the author (whos real name is Karen Blixen) of her life in Colonial Kenya (then known as British East Africa), Out of Africa captures the final. Karen Blixen, who took Isak Dinesen as a pseudonym (Dinesen was her maiden name), lived in what is now Kenya from 1914 to 1931, and during most of that time. She is also noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, particularly in Denmark. Out of Africa tells the story of a farm that the narrator once had in Africa. Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, an account of her life while living in Kenya, and for one of her stories, Babette's Feast, both of which have been adapted into Academy Award-winning motion pictures. She also at times used the pen names Tania Blixen, Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel. Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke (Danish: 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962), born Karen Christentze Dinesen, was a Danish author, also known by the pen name Isak Dinesen, who wrote works in Danish, French and English.

Pseudonym used by the Danish author Karen Blixen.

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen