Isak dinesen

Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen

Nordisk Film is set to produce a feature film and miniseries about the life of Danish author Karen Blixen ("Out of Africa").

Kay Nielsen is among the greatest artists associated with what is known as "The Golden Age of Illustration" and his works are associated with classic fairy tales, in addition to myths and fables.

Isak Dinesen: New York, 1959. Photograph by Cecil Beaton.

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

Isak Dinesen, pseudonym of Karen Christence Dinesen, Baroness Blixen-Finecke, (born April 17, 1885, Rungsted, Denmark—died September 7, 1962, Rungsted), Danish writer whose finely crafted stories, set in the past and pervaded with an aura of supernaturalism, incorporate the themes of eros and dreams. Educated privately and at the Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen, Dinesen married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914 and went with him to Africa. There they owned and directed a coffee…

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 […]

Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round - so that we would not see too far down the road. – Karen Blixen / Isak Dinesen, ’Out of Africa’ ❤ Patricia Saxton / Saxton Studio