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Dinesen

American

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

noun

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

Dinesen British

/ ˈdɪnɪsən /

noun

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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“Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller,” was published by St. Martin’s after Mr. Denneny moved there; it won the 1983 National Book Award for biography and autobiography.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2023

‘What business had I ever to set my heart on Africa?’ author Isak Dinesen once wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Based on the short story by Isak Dinesen, conceived by Abigail Killeen and written by Rose Courtney.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2021

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

I wouldn't mind calling this Isak Dinesen up.

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

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