Talk:Karen Blixen

message: Isak Dinesen (a mans name) was the pseudonym for Karen Blixen.
:Shouldn't the current redirect (Karen Blixen -> Isak Dinesen) be inverted? Alfio 11:14, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep. Agree. I made the switch now. Shanes 21:32, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

text: In the German speaking parts of Europe (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) she is known and published under the name "Tania Blixen", so I guess it would actually be fair to say that she "was a Danish author also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen and Tania Blixen."--85.178.192.65 (talk) 09:27, 8 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Pseudonym

message: The mention of Nobel Prize nominations seems odd. I seem to recall that the Nobel Prize organization does not mention who they have or haven't considered.
:I concur. Strictly speaking, there are no official nominations for the prize. --SydSid (talk) 21:46, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Nobel Prize

message: I just reverted an edit of Kelly A. Siebecke changing "Tania" to "Tanne". While I don't necessarily disagree with the change, I would like to see it referenced by a trustworthy source. Until then, I find "Tania" more credible knowing that her books in German are issued under pseudonym Tania Blixen. – IbLeo (talk) 04:55, 12 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tania vs. Tanne 

message: The first person of Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye", Holden reads and recommends Isak Dinsen's "Out of Africa". I wonder if that is worth mentioning.--Timtak (talk) 14:18, 13 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: The Catcher in the Rye

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replies: text: I have reverted since the edit revealed no copyvios. --Saddhiyama (talk) 16:14, 10 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Copyright problem 

message: There is plenty of evidence that Bror Blixen did not cause his wife's syphilis, according to
biographer Judith Thurman. Although Bror had numerous mistresses as well as casual encounters throughout
his life, none of these women developed syphilis, nor did he himself have any
symptom of the disease. Thurman believed that Karen Blixen's claim to the contrary arose from the
extreme bitterness of their separation, from her habit of self-dramatization, and from her denial
of the far more likely scenario: that she had hereditary syphilis, inherited from her diseased father.
Given these facts, the article should correct the long-standing misconception about Bror Blixen's culpability.
Younggoldchip (talk) 18:32, 6 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bror Blixen Probably Not The Cause of Karen Blixen's Ill Health 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: There is no mention in the article of her appearances on Dick Cavett's TV show. I know they occurred, because I saw them and was aghast at how thin she was. I think they were after 1959. I will try to research this.TRIKER1 (talk) 13:12, 7 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:   In 1959, Blixen made her only trip to the United States. ?????? 

message: The article says her uncle suggested they go to Kenya to start a coffee farm, and he invested in such.  Then it says "initially they planned to raise cattle but eventually became convinced that coffee would become more profitable."  Which was it? --Richardson mcphillips (talk) 03:17, 24 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  why did she move to Kenya? 

message: The article states that the Karen Blixen plantation was to the NORTH of Nairobi near the Ngong Hills:  however, the plantation is most definitely DUE WEST and SLIGHTLY SOUTH of Nairobi proper.  The Ngong Hills are quite definitely to the south-west of Nairobi. Perhaps this should be fixed?
Also, the article states that the coffee plantation failed due to the altitude being too high:  The altitude of Karen is approx. 5200 feet, which is ideally suited for growing coffee.  The problem was not altitude but rather poor soils (and likely mismanagement).
Also, Nairobi (and Karen) are hundreds of kilometers to the east of Lake Victoria...not generally understood to be part of the "Great Lakes" region.
41.212.112.11 (talk) 06:28, 28 February 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: I corrected location but the statement that the elevation was to blame is supported by references. Ruslik_Zero 18:13, 1 March 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Geographical and other inconsistencies