Karen
Blixen (1885-1962) is the best known, and possibly the greatest, Danish
writer of the twentieth century. Her reputation as an author rests on
several books written in English under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen, including:
Seven Gothic Tales (1934), Winter's Tales (1942), and Out of Africa
(1938). The movie Out
of Africa (1985) celebrates her life as a pioneer coffee farmer
in Kenya from 1914 to 1931.