

Blixen received Denmark’s highest accolade for women in the arts or academic life, the Tagea Brandt Rejselegat. Blixen’s life in Kenya and was later adopted to a movie.

The couple stayed together until 1931, when Hatton died tragically in a plane crush.

Karen Blixen moved to Kenya and met Denys Finch Hatton, and English large gamehunter.As a result of the illness, she was separated from her husband in 1921, the couple divorced 4 years later. Blixen was diagnosed with syphilis which caused her medical problems all through her life. She hence became Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. This was after she had a failed romantic relationship with… his brother. Karen Blixen married Baron Bror von Blixen-Finecke, her cousin, in 1914.Karen Blixen (17 April, 1883 – 7 September, 1962) was a Danish author who wrote under the name Isak Dinesen.īooks by Isak Dinesen (Karen Blixen)* Fun Facts about Karen Blixen:
