- Born
- Died
- Birth nameKaren Christentze Dinesen
- Nicknames
- Baroness Karen Blixen-Finecke
- Pierre Andrezej
- Height5′ 6¼″ (1.68 m)
- Karen Blixen was born on April 17, 1885 in Rungsted, Denmark. She was a writer, known for Out of Africa (1985), Babette's Feast (1987) and The Heroine (1967). She was married to Bror Frederik von Blixen-Finecke. She died on September 7, 1962 in Rungsted, Denmark.
- SpouseBror Frederik von Blixen-Finecke(January 14, 1914 - January 1925) (divorced)
- Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from thirst, or to get drunk; it is only later in life that we occupy ourselves with the individuality of our wine.
- On secret: The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.
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