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“Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.” ~ Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen)

On September 7th, it was 50 years since one of Denmark's and perhaps the world's greatest writers died. Both known by her pen name, Isak Dinesen as well as her real name, Karen Blixen, she established herself as almost a living legend everywhere she went. The allure of Africa, the sombre feelings of Scandinavia, and her luxury of the old world made her a mythical creature in her own time. In Denmark she still casts a long shadow in the litterary landscape and writers are both fearful and…

Karen Blixen 1885-1962 - Ecrivaine romancière danoise auteure de La ferme africaine (adapté au cinéma sous le titre Out of Africa). Une de ses nouvelles inspire également le film Le festin de Babette.

Giving a dog as a gift is rarely a good idea, let alone two Scottish Deerhounds, but that is what Karen got as a wedding present, and we are the better for it. The stories Karen told of life with her dogs were memorable because Karen was a born story-teller. Consider this brief anecdote by her […]

Kate Baylay Illustration: Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen, published by the Folio Society, 2013

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“Write a little every day, without hope, without despair.”⁠ ― Karen Blixen⁠ Today we celebrate Danish author Karen Blixen on her birthday. Fun Fact! Her other pen names are Isak Dinesen, Tania Blixen, Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel.

A Dane who wrote almost exclusively in English, Isak Dinesen used lurid subjects, including incest, murder and witchcraft, to explore philosophy, morality and questions of identity, writes Chris Power