Books written by Isak Dinesen

Shadows on the Grass

Mr Christensen in an international competition won a flying trip to Nairobi and came to Rungstedlund to ask me whether I wanted him to take out greetings to friends of mine in Kenya. I asked him, if possible, to look up Juma and Kamante ...
Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales

None of these stories has previously appeared in book form in English. Three of them were translated especially for this collection by P. M. Mitchell and W. D. Paden.
Babette's Feast and Other Stories

All the stories have a mystic, fairy-tale quality, linked by themes of angels, the sea, dreams and fate. They were among the last to be written by Isak Dinesen, and show her as a master of short fiction.
Out of Africa

Out of Africa is the story of a remarkable and unconventional woman and of a way of life that has vanished for ever.
Cuentos reunidos

«Me habría quedado más contento si este premio se hubiese otorgado a una magnífica escritora, Isak Dinesen», declaró Ernest Hemingway al recibir el Premio Nobel.
Winter's Tales

Eleven unique, highly original short stories with a simple and clear style.
Seven Gothic Tales

It was published three years before her memoir “Out of Africa”. The stories in this collection are: Deluge at Norderney The Old Chevalier The Monkey The Roads round Pisa The Supper at Elsinore The Dreamers The Poet
Wintervertellingen

Elf verhalen, grotendeels spelend in Denemarken in de 19e eeuw, waarin de diverse hooffiguren een zeker adeldom vertonen, dat wortelt in een besef van eigen waardigheid, hetgeen echter hun tragisch levenslot bepaalt.
Anekdoten van het lot

Poëtische verhalen.
Out of Africa

Drawn to the intense colours and ravishing landscapes, Karen Blixen spent her happiest years on the farm. This book presents her experiences and friendships with the people around her.
Winter's Tales

Winter's Tales
Anecdotes of Destiny and Ehrengard

In "The Immortal Story," a miserly old tea-trader living in Canton wishes for power and finds redemption as he turns an oft-told sailors' tale into reality for a young man and woman.
Winter's Tales

In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses.
Out of Africa

In describing her experiences managing a coffee plantation in Kenya, the author provides insight into the nature of African life
Seven Gothic Tales

Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nineteenth-century Gothic tale, in the tradition of writers such as Goethe, Hoffmann, and Poe.
Last Tales

Last Tales is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Isak Dinesen wrote before her death in 1962.
Daguerreotypes and Other Essays

Eight occasional pieces originally published in Danish in 1965 record Dinesen's reflections on topics ranging from clothing and social classes to ornithology and include her recollections of a 1940 visit to Nazi Germany
Carnival: Entertainments and Posthumous Tales

Spanning every stage of Isak Dinesen's career, this collection of tales includes Carnival, The Proud Lady, Second Meeting, and other works that have not previously appeared in book form in English
Letters from Africa, 1914-1931

Written to her family, these letters recount the failure of Dinesen's marriage, the financial collapse of her husband's coffee plantation, and her experiences in Kenya
To Soar With Eagles: The European Travels - Remembrances of Isak Dinesen

To Soar with Eagles is a collection of letters, anecdotes and conversations spanning the ten-year period of a unique relationship between the world famous Danish author Isak Dinesen (Baroness Karen Blixen) and the young African American ...