Out of Africa

Out of Africa

Out of Africa is a memoir by Isak Dinesen, a pen name used by the Danish author Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke. The book, first published in 1937, recounts events of the seventeen years when Blixen made her home in Kenya, then British East Africa. The book is a lyrical meditation on Blixen’s life on her coffee plantation, as well as a tribute to some of the people who touched her life there. It is also a vivid snapshot of African colonial life in the last decades of the British Empire. Blixen wrote the book in English and then translated it into Danish. Karen Blixen moved to British...
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Author:Karen Blixen
Genre:Memoir, Fiction, Biography
Year published:1937
Number of editions:24

Author of Out of Africa

Karen Blixen
Karen Blixen
April 17, 1885 - September 7, 1962

Baroness Karen von Blixen-Finecke , , née Karen Christenze Dinesen, was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She also wrote under the pen names Osceola and Pierre Andrézel. Blixen wrote works in Danish, French, and English. Blixen is best known for Out of Africa, her...
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Additional works by Karen Blixen
BookCopyright DateGenre
Les Voies de la vengeance
Lettres du Danemark 1931-1962
Ensayos Completos\/complete Essays Fiction
Essais
Contes D'Hiver.
Nouveaux Contes D'Hiver
Ombres sur la prairie
La Ferme africaine
Lettres d'Afrique, 1914-1931
Last Tales 1957 Speculative fiction
Seven Gothic Tales 1934 Speculative fiction
The Dreaming Child and other stories July 1995 Speculative fiction
Anecdotes of Destiny 1957
Les Fils de rois
Syv fantastiske fortællinger
Karen Blixen i Danmark
Skygger paa græsset
Samtaler med Karen Blixen
Vintereventyr
Afrikanske farm
Karyatiderne
Le Dîner de Babette - Contes d'hiver - Nouveaux Contes d'hiver
Norderneyn tuhotulva ja kolme muuta salaperaista
Sept Contes gothiques
Les Chevaux fantômes et Autres contes
Sieben phantastische Geschichten
Ehrengard
Winter's tales
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Characters in Out of Africa

Kamante Gatura
Kamante Gatura

Kamante Gatura is a fictional character from Out of Africa.

Berkeley Cole
Berkeley Cole

Berkeley Cole is a fictional character from Out of Africa.

Film adaptations of Out of Africa

Out of Africa
Out of Africa
Release date:1985
Directed by:Sydney Pollack
Rated:PG (USA)
Runtime:161 minutes

Out of Africa is a 1985 romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The film is based loosely on the autobiographical book Out of Africa written by Isak Dinesen , which was published in 1937, with additional material from Dinesen's book...
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Literary Genres

Memoir
Memoir

A memoir , is a literary genre, forming a subclass of autobiography – although the terms 'memoir' and 'autobiography' are almost...
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Fiction
Fiction

Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but...
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Biography
Biography

A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. It entails more than basic facts , a biography also portrays a subject's...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    What year was the book "Out of Africa" first distributed?
  • A:
    The book was first printed in 1937.
  • Q:
    The book "Out of Africa" is of which genre?
  • A:
    The written work is classified as- Memoir.

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