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Rungstedlund, also known as the Karen Blixen Museum, is a country house in Rungsted on the Øresund coast just north of Copenhagen, Denmark, notable for its association with the author Karen Blixen, who lived there for most of her life. She was born on the estate in 1885, and returned there after her years in Kenya, chronicled in her 1937 book ...
Karen Blixen. Baroness Karen Christenze von Blixen-Finecke (born Dinesen; 17 April 1885 – 7 September 1962) was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen, used in German-speaking countries; Osceola, and Pierre Andrézel.
Hørsholm is home to several museums. Rungstedlund is the former home of the author Karen Blixen and is now home to the Karen Blixen Museum. The Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry was based in the few surviving buildings from Hirschholm Palace, but i now moved to Randers.
Out of Africa is a memoir by the Danish author Karen Blixen. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then called British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen's life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It provides a vivid snapshot of African ...
Karen Blixen Museum may refer to: Rungstedlund, a museum in Rungsted north of Copenhagen. Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya, a museum outside Nairobi.
Louise Conring (1824–1891) a superintendent, hospital inspector, deaconess and nurse. Wilhelm Dinesen [da] (1845–95), writer, military officer, adventurer and father of Karen Blixen Dagmar Hansen (1871 –1959) a singer, stage-performer and Denmark's first "pin-up girl". Olivia Holm-Møller (1875–1970 in Rungsted) a Danish painter and ...
The prize is handed at the birthday of Karen Blixen on 17 April. The award comes from a gift from Hørsholm Municipality at the opening of the Karen Blixen Museum on 14 May 1991. [1] [2] Rungstedlund was the country house in Rungsted near Copenhagen which was owned by Karen Blixen from 1939-58. Rungstedlund is now the site of the Karen Blixen ...
Blixen's home is still standing and forms the centerpiece of the Karen Blixen Museum, a key local tourist attraction. [3] Other tourist attractions are the AFEW Giraffe Center, the exclusive Giraffe Manor, the Sheldrick Wildlife Trust Elephant Orphanage, and the Oloolua Forest nature trails.