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  • noun Danish writer who lived in Kenya for 19 years and is remembered for her writings about Africa (1885-1962)

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  • The following season he wowed editors with a show called "Blixen," interpreted by some critics as a reference to the German word for lightning (blitz) and by others as a nod to the reindeer because there was a lot of fur.

    post-gazette.com - News 2010

  • Karen Blixen the central character (and a real person) really did shoot lions and other game.

    What's your favorite hunting movie or movie with a lot of hunting in it? 2009

  • Karen Blixen the central character (and a real person) really did shoot lions and other game.

    What's your favorite hunting movie or movie with a lot of hunting in it? 2009

  • In the case of Karen Blixen, she found herself in Africa and built and created her own coffee plantation there.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Linda 2008

  • Karen Blixen in the doorway of her home in Kenya with her beloved Scottish deerhound.

    Archive 2008-08-01 Linda 2008

  • In the case of Karen Blixen, she found herself in Africa and built and created her own coffee plantation there.

    Women Farmer Writers Linda 2008

  • I know of three famous women writers who were also independent farmers: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962).

    Women Farmer Writers Linda 2008

  • †His sister Alfhild maintained that it was principally the tales of the Danish Karen Blixen that made her brother long to go to East Africa—Conversation with author, 08/07/92.

    Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010

  • Karen Blixen in the doorway of her home in Kenya with her beloved Scottish deerhound.

    Women Farmer Writers Linda 2008

  • I know of three famous women writers who were also independent farmers: Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (1896-1953), Beatrix Potter (1866-1943), and Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen) (1885-1962).

    Archive 2008-08-01 Linda 2008

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