{"product_id":"out-of-africa-penguin-essentials-von-tania-blixen","title":"Out of Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaren Blixen was born in Rungsted, Denmark, in 1885. After studying art at Copenhagen, Paris and Rome, she married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, in 1914. Together they managed a coffee plantation in Kenya until they divorced in 1925. She continued on the farm until a collapse in the coffee market forced her back to Rungsted in 1931. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough she had written occasional contributions to Danish periodicals since 1905 (under the \u003ci\u003enom de plume\u003c\/i\u003e of Osceola), her real debut took place in 1934 with the publication of \u003ci\u003eSeven Gothic Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, written in English under the pen name, Isak Dinesen. \u003ci\u003eOut of Africa \u003c\/i\u003e(1937) is an autobiographical account of the years she spent in Kenya. All of her subsequent books were published in both English and Danish, including \u003ci\u003eWinter's Tales \u003c\/i\u003e(1942) and \u003ci\u003eThe Angelic Avengers \u003c\/i\u003e(1936). Among her other collections of stories are \u003ci\u003eLast Tales \u003c\/i\u003e(1957), \u003ci\u003eAnecdotes of Destiny \u003c\/i\u003e(1958), \u003ci\u003eShadows on the Grass \u003c\/i\u003e(1960) and posthumously \u003ci\u003eEhrengard \u003c\/i\u003e(1963). In the 1950s she was mentioned several times as a candidate to receive the Noble Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBaroness Blixen died in Rungsted in 1962. In 1991 her house was opened as The Karen Blixen Museum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9780241951439\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9780241951439","offer_id":39414355361885,"sku":"9780241951439","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/0c4a64ef-e0f0-4752-85a6-92bff4aa8631.jpg?v=1782187636","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/out-of-africa-penguin-essentials-von-tania-blixen","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}