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

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

“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

“The cure is salt water. Sweat, tears or the sea,” wrote Danish author Isak Dinesen.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 13, 2018

He began to see the wisdom of the writer Isak Dinesen, who noted, “All sorrows can be borne if you put them in a story or tell a story about them.”

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2017

I wouldn't mind calling this Isak Dinesen up.

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