Dinesen

American  

[din-uh-suhn, dee-nuh-] / ˈdɪn ə sən, ˈdi nə- /

noun

1. Isak pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen, 1885–1962, Danish author.

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Dinesen British  

/ ˈdɪnɪsən /

noun

1. Isak (ˈaɪzək), pen name of Baroness Karen Blixen. 1885–1962, Danish author of short stories in Danish and English, including Seven Gothic Tales (1934) and Winter's Tales (1942). Her life story was told in the film Out of Africa (1986)

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Example Sentences

Her Dinesen book, subtitled “The Life of a Storyteller,” received a National Book Award and partly inspired the 1985 movie “Out of Africa,” with Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.

From Washington Post • Apr. 20, 2023

‘What business had I ever to set my heart on Africa?’ author Isak Dinesen once wrote.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

He began by trying to convince two of his friends and literary soulmates, Judith Thurmond and Hermione Lee, who are well known for their literary biographies of Isak Dinesen and Virginia Woolf, respectively.

From Salon • Apr. 24, 2021

“Belle” became his template for his other one-character shows on Broadway: “Lillian”; “Lucifer’s Child,” about Dinesen; and “Barrymore.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 20, 2019

I wouldn't mind calling this Isak Dinesen up.

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger