Karen Blixen was a writer who also published as Isak Dinesen. She kept a farm in Kenya and then came home to Rungstedlund, and Out of Africa is the book that holds the African years. The house, the photographs, and the stories are one place. She died at Rungstedlund in 1962.
Gând
A sample thought. A colleague would remember the work, and the way it was done.
Paul
Gând
A sample thought. The family would write here what they still say at the table.
Elena
Poveste
Sunday at the table
This is a sample story. A son would write about Sunday, the extra chair, and the way Karen Blixen kept a place for whoever arrived.
Jon
Fotografie
Gottlieb Foto · Public domain
Fotografie
SAS Scandinavian Airlines · Public domain
Fotografie
Carl Van Vechten · Public domain
Lumânare
A lasting sample light, so the page is not dark.
Elena
Lumânare
A sample candle, lit for one day.
Anna
Videoclipuri
The song from the old radio
A sample film for Karen Blixen. The family would put here a song or a piece of footage they still play.
Muzică
The piece from the kitchen
The family
Dar
Lumânare
A sample gift of light.
Helen
Dar
Carte
A sample card for Karen Blixen.
Mark
Dar
Floare
A sample flower, left on the page.
Iris
Cronologie
Born at Rungstedlund
Karen Blixen was born at Rungstedlund, north of Copenhagen.
Cronologie
Kenya
She went to Kenya and ran a coffee farm, the years she later wrote as Out of Africa.
Cronologie
Out of Africa
Out of Africa was published under the name Isak Dinesen.
Cronologie
Died at Rungstedlund
She died at the family house.
Întâlnire
A Sunday visit
A sample gathering for Karen Blixen. The family would write the time, the place, and who is welcome.
The family
1885
1914
1937
1962