Photos of isak dinesen biography

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Eppur si muove

Of all the pictures of Isak Dinesen that I have seen, my favorite is the one reproduced in the 1992 Modern Library edition of Out of Africa. This is because of contrast. In many other photos, her smile is inclined, sometimes only a little, sometimes dramatically, tracing an ascending – at once ludic and painful – line. The angle of this gesture, I believe, became more pronounced with time, as if the upward compulsion of one corner of the mouth strived to compensate the immobility of the other. In the last years of her life, the result of this tension was striking.

I have seen this smile, or its inception, in people close to me, perhaps in the mirror as well. There is irony to it. Pain and the will, even perhaps the strength, to leave it behind – or below. Part of the soul is dead, a condition that finds its physical counterpart in what appears to be facial paralysis. A smile like this confuses because it’s crippled, the inanimate and the living phases of t

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Karen Blixen

Danish writer (1885–1962)

Karen Blixen
Blixen in 1957
Born	Karen Christenze Dinesen 17 April 1885 Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark
Died	7 September 1962(1962-09-07) (aged 77) Rungsted, Zealand, Denmark
Pen name	Isak Dinesen, Tania Blixen
Occupation	Writer
Language	English, Danish
Notable works	Out of Africa, Seven Gothic Tales, Shadows on the Grass, Babette's Feast
Spouse
Partner	Denys Finch Hatton
Relatives	Ellen Dahl (sister) Thomas Dinesen (brother) Andreas Nicolai Hansen (great-grandfather) Mary Westenholz (aunt)

Baroness Karen Christenze 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 namesIsak 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 whil

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Isak Dinesen

Out of Africa

3.91 avg rating — 45,967 ratings — published 1937 — 465 editions

Out of Africa / Shadows on the Grass
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4.21 avg rating — 11,632 ratings — published 1937 — 33 editions

Babette’s Feast
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3.85 avg rating — 6,999 ratings — published 1958 — 84 editions

Seven Gothic Tales

3.88 avg rating — 3,635 ratings — published 1934 — 195 editions

Winter's Tales

3.86 avg rating — 2,474 ratings — published 1942 — 132 editions

Babette's Feast and Other Anecdotes of Destiny
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3.94 avg rating — 2,085 ratings — published 1958 — 90 editions

Shadows on the Grass
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3.84 avg rating — 1,293 ratings — published 1960 — 100 editions

Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard
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3.93 avg rating — 710 ratings — published 1958 — 10 editions

Ehrengard
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