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  2. Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The Karen Blixen Museum, located 10 km outside of Nairobi, Kenya, "at the foot of the Ngong Hills", is the former African home of Danish author Karen Blixen, famous for her 1937 book Out of Africa which chronicles life at the estate.

  3. Rungstedlund - Wikipedia

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    Rungstedlund. /  55.88333°N 12.54333°E  / 55.88333; 12.54333. 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 ...

  4. Karen Blixen - Wikipedia

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    Rungstedlund Museum The Karen Blixen Museum in Rungstedlund, Denmark. Blixen lived most of her life at the family estate Rungstedlund, which was acquired by her father in 1879. The property is located in Rungsted, 24 kilometres (15 mi) north of Copenhagen, Denmark's capital.

  5. Out of Africa - Wikipedia

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    DT433.54 .D56 1992. 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 ...

  6. Karen Blixen Museum - Wikipedia

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    Karen Blixen Museum may refer to: Rungstedlund, a museum in Rungsted north of Copenhagen. Karen Blixen Museum, Kenya, a museum outside Nairobi.

  7. National Museums of Kenya - Wikipedia

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    The National Museums of Kenya (NMK) is a state corporation that manages museums, sites and monuments in Kenya. It carries out heritage research, and has expertise in subjects ranging from palaeontology, archeology, ethnography and biodiversity research and conservation. Its headquarters and the National Museum ( Nairobi National Museum) are ...

  8. Thomas Dinesen - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Dinesen. Thomas Fasti Dinesen VC (9 August 1892 – 10 March 1979 [1]) was a Danish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was the younger brother of the author Karen Blixen (who used the pen name Isak Dinesen).

  9. Hørsholm - Wikipedia

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    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 .

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