Quote by: Karen Blixen

A visitor is a friend, he brings news, good or bad, which is bread to the hungry minds in lonely places. A real friend who comes to the house is a heavenly messenger, who brings the panis angelorum.


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Author Bio


  • NameKaren Blixen
  • DescriptionDanish writer
  • AliasesKaren von Blixen-Finecke; Karen Christenze Dinesen; Isak Dinesen; Tania Blixen; Osceola; Pierre Andrézel; Karen Christence von Blixen-Finecke; Peter Lawless
  • BornApril 17, 1885
  • DiedSeptember 7, 1962
  • CountryDenmark
  • ProfessionWriter; Autobiographer
  • WorksOut Of Africa; Babette's Feast
  • AwardsDanish Critics Prize For Literature; Tagea Brandt Rejselegat