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Blixen

American  
[blik-suhn] / ˈblɪk sən /

noun

  1. Karen. Dinesen, Isak.


Blixen British  
/ ˈblɪksən /

noun

  1. Karen See Dinesen

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For this week’s episode of Working, host June Thomas interviews Danish actor Connie Nielsen on her latest role as the famed author Karen Blixen.

From Slate May 7, 2023

Danish film director Lars von Trier receives the Rungstedlund Prize 2019 during an event at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark April 9, 2019.

From Reuters Sep. 1, 2022

After getting wind of the talented Bjørnvig, Blixen summons him to her elegant family manor, Rungstedlund, under the guise of asking him to write her memoir.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2022

His next-door neighbour was Karen Blixen, the Danish author whose account of her life in Kenya was turned into the acclaimed Hollywood film Out of Africa.

From The Guardian Apr. 20, 2020

The hallway of the Blixen Arms emitted the same green gloomy light no matter the time of day or night.

From "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures" by Kate DiCamillo

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