FREYA STARK, an explorer and a writer

Freya Stark was a British explorer and travel writer that was born on the 31st of January 1893 and died at the age of 100. She was one of the first non-Arabians to travel through the southern Arabian Deserts. Many of her trips were to areas like Turkey and the Middle East where a really reduced number of women had travelled before.

Freya was born in Paris when her parents were studying art. She had no formal education as a child, but she moved about with her parents and learned French, German and Italian before she entered the University of London in 1912. After working as a nurse in Italy during the first World War, she returned to London to attend the School of Oriental Studies. Stark published her first major book in 1934 in which she combined practical travel trips and entertaining commentaries about people, places, customs and history of Persia. Thereafter she travelled in the Middle East, Turkey, Greece and Italy where she made her home. After working for the British Ministry and founding the anti-Nazi Brotherhood of Freedom during the Second World War, Freya visited Asia, Afghanistan and Nepal. She wrote other books, several volumes of collected letters and four volumes of memoirs 

I chose Freya Stark because from my point of view she was a really brave woman that, in a particular way, fought for the gender equality by travelling and trying what only men did at the time. I like the idea that besides an explorer she's also a writer.

Out of Africa - fact sheet.

 Out of Africa.                                     

Out of Africa is an American romantic drama movie, based on the autobiography book, Out of Africa, written by Isak Dinesen, which was published in 1937.

It was filmed in 1985. it was directed and prodeced by the American film director, Sydney Pollack and starring Robert Redford, Meryl Streep and Klaus Maria Brandauer;  Streep played Karen Blixen; Redford played Denys Finch Hatton; and Klaus Maria Brandauer played Baron Bror Blixen.

       Meryl Streep as Karen.                    Robert Redford as Denys.             Klaus Maria Brandauer as Bror                                                                                                                     Blixen


This film received 28 film awards, including seven Academy Awards.

general plot:

In the early twentieth century, Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) decides to marry her distant cousin Baron Bror Blixen-the Finecke (Klaus Maria Brandauer) and move to Kenya to run a coffee plantation. This marriage of convenience soon falls apart due to her husband's womanizing character. Although she meets a professional hunter Denys Finch Hatton (Robert Redford), adventurous and liberal. But in the end, he dies in his plane. A fire destroyed the coffee harvest and Karen is ruined, having to return to Europe, and although at that time already separated, Denys offers to help.

Fact Sheet by Iness Bendaoud

Fact sheet

Out of Africa is an American movie directed by Sydney Pollack. The main characters who had the leading role in the movie were Meryl Streep and Robert Redford. The book was adapted into a screenplay by the writer Kurt Lued. It was produced by Sydney Pollack and Karen Blixen. Out of Africa is a movie based on the memoir of Karen Blixen. A Danish woman who married his cousin and moved to Africa to start her own coffe plantation.

This film won three Golden Globes (Best Picturem Supporting Actor, Original Score). Apart from that it also won the Best Picture (Sydney Pollack, Kim Jorgensen), Best Director (Sydney Pollack), Best Art Director (Stephen Grimes, Josie MacAvin), Best Cinematography (David Watkin), Best Adapted Screenplay (Kurt Luedtke) and Best Original Score (John Barry).

Biography

Isak Dinesen wa born in the 17th of April of 1885, in Rungstedlung, and she died on the 7th of September of 1962. She was a Danish author who wrote works in Danish, French and English.
Karen spent some of her early years at her mother's family.
After studyng art, she married her cousin and went to Africa about a coffee plantation. In 1931, economic problems with the coffee price, forced him to return to Africa.
Afterwards she started her second adventure. In as much as the danish editors refused her book ( seven gothic tales) she decided to send it to United States. In 1934 they accept it and this is how began Isak Dinesen whose book: Out of Africa.

Isak Dinesen's biography.

Isak Dinesen (born as Karen Christentze Dinesen) was born in the 17th of April of 1885, in Rungstedlung, and she died on the 7th of September of 1962.

 She was a Danish  author. She wrote works in Danish, French and English.

Her father committed suicide when she was ten. Her mother stood alone with five dependent children.


 

Karen married her cousin Baron  Bror Blixen-Finecke, who started in Kenya a coffee plantation. Although they separated after six years of marriage.




 

 

 In africa, she learned Aboriginal languages and she met Denys Finch Hatton, with which began a loving relationship.
 

In 1931, Denys Finch Hatton was killed in his plane. Later she had to return to Denmark.

Dinesen is best known for Out of Africa, which account her living in Kenya; and for one of her stories, Babette's Feast.

Prior to the release of the first film, she was noted for her Seven Gothic Tales, for which she is also known in Denamark.


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biography of Karen Blixen

                       
      BIOGRAPHY OF KAREN BLIXEN

Isak Dinesen was born in April, 17 of 1885 in Denmark.

She was de second of five childrens in the marriage of Wilhelm Dinesen and Ingebog Westenholt. She married with Bror Blixen and she come to lived in Kenya with her husband. She started to cultivate coffe here and finally its been destroyed with the fire. She was in love with Denys but he always was traveling around the world.






 He died in a accident with his airplane and then Karen decided to come back to her house in Denmark. She died with the age of 77 in 1962 ; she died in her house.

ISAK DINESEN

Biography:

Isak Dinesen  or Karen Blixen was born  in april 17,1885 in Rungsted, Denmark.She is one of the most famous danish writers.She studied at the academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.In 1914 she went with her husband to Africa.She used to have a coffe plantation in Kenya .

She wrote a book to  describe her life and experience in Africa.

Out of Africa is about her love of Africa and it is people.Its also a story about her pain and fear.

She wrote many books in both Danish and English, but her book Out of Africa is the most famous book.

It was turned to a film that was very succesful.

Out Of Africa - Biography Khaoula.A

                             
                                                                 Isak Dinesen was born in Denmark in the 1885. His father was a military and he died when she was ten years old. She studied art and later she got married with his cousin , Bror Blixen . They travelled to kenya to work in a coffee plantation. In 1931 she had to return to Europe. Then she began to write his book " Seven Gothic Tales " . The Danish and British publishers rejected the manuscript , so she decided to send him to the United States under a male pseudonym . It is accepted in 1934 and born the name of Isak Dinesen.
She also wrote the Inmortal Story , Anecdotes of Destiny, Tales of winter, Angelic Avengers and gothered Stories.
Karen Dinesen died in 1962 with 77 years old.

KHAOULA ANAKAR

Fact Sheet ,Out Of Africa by Khaoula

Out Of Africa is a American romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack. The film is based on the autobiographical book Out Of Africa written by Isak Dinesen.

Robert Redford acted as Denys Finch ; Meryl Streep as Karen Blixen ; Klaus Maria Brandaver as Baron Bror Blixen ; Suzanna Hamilton as Felicity...

The film was distributed by Universal pictures in the 1985. The story begins with this " I had a farm in Africa, at the foot of the Ngong Hills" . Karen tells her story.

The story begins in 1913 in Denmark , when Karen Dinesen married whit her friend Baror Bror Blixen. Then , they moved to Africa to open a old farm. She also meets Denys Hatton a local big-game hunter . She loved him.

Kare contracts Syphilis from her husband and is forced to return to Denmark for a long and difficult period. In the meantime Bror was looking after the plantation in her absence. After she has recovered and returns to Africa. After she decides to open a school to teach reading, writing and also some European customs to the African children of the area.  However, her coffee  plantation  runs into financial difficulties.

At the end a devastating fire destroyed all of the factory. And also Denys died because his plane has crashed. And Karen returned to Denmark. She later became an author.

Khaoula Anakar

 Shampoo By the River

 

Biography of Karen

Karen Christence Dinesen was a Danish author also known by her pen name Isak Dinesen. She wrote in Danish, French and English. Her father, Whihelm Dinesen, military, parliamentary, committed suicide when she was ten, he could not stand the pressure of syphilis. Her mother kept her 5 children through family support. Karen, like her sisters, was educated in schools. Karen married her cousin, Baron Bror Blixen-Finecke, who started in Kenya a coffee plantation called The Karen Coffee Company. Her husband cheated on her, so she divorced him. She met a British hunter who lives in Kenya, Blixen Denys Finch Hatton. They began a relationship, but he did not want to be compromised or marry instead, but she did. Denys Finch Hatton was killed in his plane. Karen kept planting until coffee prices fell in 1931, so she was forced to sell her plantation and for that reason she had to return to Denmark.

SOFIA OLIVA RAHALi

FACT SHEET-Out of Africa

Out of África is an American romantic drama film directed and produced by Sydney Pollack where the protagonists are Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. The movie is based on true events, the film tells the facts wrote Isak Dinesen which was published in 1937. The film tells story of Dinesen in Kenya during the time when it was a British colony.

Karen Blixen decides to marry Bror Blixen-Baron Finecke and go live in Kenya, one of the British colonies in Africa, to run a coffee plantation. Her husband cheats on her, so she decides to divorce him. She's happy because little by little she gets more comfortable with her surroundings. There she meets a professional hunter Denys Finch Hatton, adventurer, which falls for Karen. But their perspective of love is different, because he does not want to be compromised or getting married. A fire destroys her coffee harvest and she's ruined, so she had to return to Europe.

 

Sofía Oliva Rahali

FACT SHEET. Zineb FF

FACT SHEET

Out of Africa is a 1985 American romantic drama film, directed and produced by Sydney Pollack, and starring Robert Redford like Denys Finch Hatton and Meryl Streep like Karen Blixen.

The story begins in 1913 in Denmarck, when Karen Dineasen asks her friend Baron Bror Blixen to enter into a marriage of convenience with her. He accepted and the two moved to Africa to begin a dairy farm. She also meets Denys Finch Hatton and she fells in love with him. But at the end Denys dead, a devastating fire breaks out the farm and she decided to return to Denmark, but before she helped the natives who had worked with her.

This film was nominated to many prizes, and she wom best picture, best director, best art direction, best cinematography, best adapted Screenplay, best original score, and best sound.

This film won $128.499.205 in all around the world. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and the production company is Mirage Enterprises.

ISAK DINESEN'S BIOGRAPHY

Karen Christentz Dinesen (also known as Isak Dinesen) was born on the 17th April 1885 in Danmark. She had five brothers (she was the second one)
She dindn´t go to school, so she had a governess. In 1902 she started her artistic career in Copenhaguen.
In 1907, she began writing books.
She married Bror Blixen, her second cousin , becoming a baronesse. They moved to an estate in MBagathi (Africa), bought by Isak's family but he doesn't colaborated very much.
Isak replaced him in the administration. Finally the married couple broke up.

She fell in love with the British soldier Deny Finch Hatton, who died in a flight.
Karen came back to Danmark where she wrote the book 'Seven Gothic Tales' which had a lot of success in the United States of America in 1933.
She wrote many other books known all over the world. She won a Nobel Award.
in 1962 she died in her Danish house and she had been burried in the Ewald Hill.

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