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Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller

Judith Thurman

Her chilhood was coloured by her father's unexplained suicide, her marriage was to Baron Bror von Blixen-not his twin, Hans, who she loved. Their years on the Kanyan coffee-farm, remembered in "Out of Africa", ended in bankruptcy, divorce and her return to Denmark, wasted by syphilis.

BiographyBiography · high confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Dinesen, isak, 1885-1962 -> BiographyLiterary BiographyMemoir & Personal History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
National Book Award for Autobiography and Biography HardcoverMajor1983WinnerSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Isak Dinesen90%
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    • Baron Bror von Blixen40%
    • Hans von Blixen35%

  2. 02 Central places

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    • Denmark55%
    • Kanyan coffee-farm40%

  3. 03 Suggested argument

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  4. 04 Reading orientation

    35 / 100 academic

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Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 60%.