Isak Dinesen

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:Author
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:Africa
gptkb:literature
Existentialism
Literary modernism
Postcolonial literature
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Cross_of_Honour_of_the_Order_of_the_Dannebrog
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
gptkb:Cross_of_Honour_of_the_Danish_Order_of_the_Dannebrog
gptkbp:birth_date April 17, 1885
gptkbp:birth_place gptkb:Rungsted,_Denmark
gptkbp:born gptkb:Rungstedlund
April 17, 1885
gptkbp:child gptkb:Thomas_Dinesen
Anne Dinesen
gptkbp:cultural_impact Influence on literature
Influence on art
Influence on film adaptations
Influence on theatre adaptations
gptkbp:death_date September 7, 1962
gptkbp:died September 7, 1962
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:Rungsted,_Denmark
gptkbp:education gptkb:Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts
gptkbp:famous_for Storytelling
Memoirs
Her exploration of existential themes
Her storytelling style
Her use of magical realism
Her depictions of colonial life
Her vivid characters
gptkbp:famous_quote “ I think it is a good idea to be a little bit crazy.”
“ The best thing you can do is find a person who loves you for exactly what you are.”
“ The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears, or the sea.”
“ All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story.”
“ To be a person is to have a story to tell.”
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:memoir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Isak Dinesen
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Isabel_Allende
gptkb:Virginia_Woolf
gptkb:Chimamanda_Ngozi_Adichie
gptkb:Salman_Rushdie
gptkb:Gabriel_García_Márquez
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Hans_Christian_Andersen
gptkb:Romanticism
gptkb:Surrealism
gptkbp:inspiration gptkb:European_history
Danish folklore
Her life in Africa
gptkbp:known_for Her letters
Her short stories
Her essays
Her autobiographical works
Her poetic language
gptkbp:language gptkb:Danish
English
gptkbp:legacy Feminist literature
Influence on writers
Cultural icon in Denmark
gptkbp:literary_movement gptkb:Modernism
gptkb:Postmodernism
gptkbp:name gptkb:Karen_Blixen
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Danish
gptkbp:notable_influence gptkb:Romanticism
Existentialism
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:Seven_Gothic_Tales
Out of Africa
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:storytelling
gptkb:Writer
gptkbp:place_of_birth Rungstedlund, Denmark
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:Cultural_impact
gptkb:Documentaries
gptkb:Film_adaptations
Biographies
Literary awards
gptkbp:real_name gptkb:Karen_Blixen
gptkbp:resting_place gptkb:Rungsted_Church
gptkbp:set_in gptkb:Africa
gptkb:Denmark
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Bror_Blixen
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Beryl_Markham
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4