Tania Blixen

Karen Blixen, actually Karen Christence von Blixen-Finecke, née Dinesen (* April 17, 1885 in Rungstedlund near Copenhagen; † September 7, 1962 ibid), was a Danish writer and a coffee farmer in Kenya for seventeen years. Her pseudonym on the German book market is usually Tania Blixen. Her English-language books mostly appeared under the pseudonym Isak Dinesen. She became world famous for her autobiographical novel Jenseits von Afrika. Her work is characterized by a longing for an aristocratic world order.