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Karen Blixen

1885 - 1962

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Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in German-speaking countries; Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, an account of her life while in Kenya, and for one of her stories, Babette's Feast. Both have been adapted as films and each won Academy Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karen Blixen is the 297th most popular writer (down from 157th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 12th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Danish Writer.

Karen Blixen is most famous for her memoir, Out of Africa, which tells the story of her life on a coffee plantation in Kenya.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karen Blixen ranks 297 out of 7,302. Before her are Luigi Pirandello, Jacob Grimm, Bram Stoker, Walt Whitman, Alfonso X of Castile, and Paul Auster. After her are Alphonse Daudet, François de La Rochefoucauld, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Guillaume de Machaut, Arthur Miller, and Shams Tabrizi.

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Among people born in 1885, Karen Blixen ranks 8. Before her are D. H. Lawrence, Princess Alice of Battenberg, Ezra Pound, Faisal I of Iraq, Clementine Churchill, and Alban Berg. After her are György Lukács, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, and Julius Streicher. Among people deceased in 1962, Karen Blixen ranks 9. Before her are Niels Bohr, Hermann Hesse, Adolf Eichmann, William Faulkner, Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, and Stuart Sutcliffe. After her are Lucky Luciano, Arthur Compton, Georges Bataille, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Gaston Bachelard, and Yves Klein.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Karen Blixen ranks 34 out of 1,032. Before her are Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark (1968), Björn Ironside (800), Henrik Pontoppidan (1857), Fredrik Bajer (1837), Alexandra of Denmark (1844), and Christian VII of Denmark (1749). After her are Aage Bohr (1922), Frederick VI of Denmark (1768), Frederick V of Denmark (1723), Abel, King of Denmark (1218), Rasmus Rask (1787), and Frederick VIII of Denmark (1843).

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Among WRITERS In Denmark

Among writers born in Denmark, Karen Blixen ranks 6. Before her are Hans Christian Andersen (1805), Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857), Sigrid Undset (1882), Johannes V. Jensen (1873), and Henrik Pontoppidan (1857). After her are N. F. S. Grundtvig (1783), Tove Ditlevsen (1917), Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847), Georg Brandes (1842), Sven Hassel (1917), and Martin Andersen Nexø (1869).

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