Dinesen

American  

[din-uh-suhn, dee-nuh-] / ˈdɪn ə sən, ˈdi nə- /

noun

1. Isak pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen, 1885–1962, Danish author.

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Dinesen British  

/ ˈdɪnɪsən /

noun

1. Isak (ˈaɪzək), pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen. 1885–1962, Danish author of short stories in Danish and English, including Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Winter's Tales (1942). Her life story was told in the film Out of Africa (1986)

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Example Sentences

In 1974, he spotted an article by Ms. Thurman in Ms. magazine about the Danish writer Isak Dinesen and contacted her.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

He began by trying to convince two of his friends and literary soulmates, Judith Thurmond and Hermione Lee, who are well known for their literary biographies of Isak Dinesen and Virginia Woolf, respectively.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2021

When her plantation eventually went broke, Blixin returned to Denmark and wrote books about her time in Africa under the pen name Isak Dinesen.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2020

“Belle” became his template for his other one-character shows on Broadway: “Lillian”; “Lucifer’s Child,” about Dinesen; and “Barrymore.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019

I wouldn't mind calling this Isak Dinesen up.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger