Dinesen
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- proper noun
- /ˈdaɪnɪsən/
- One of the most interesting reactions to her that I came upon in my research was from novelist Isak Dinesen ("Out of Africa") who compared Marilyn to a seemingly harmless but actually dangerous wild animal.
- Isak Dinesen
Examples
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But I have read Yeats in Sligo, Isak Dinesen in Kenya, and John Muir in the Sierras.
Fiction book (1996) -
Karen Dinesen, known by her pen name Isak Dinesen, wrote beautiful stories about her life in Africa.
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"What is man," Isak Dinesen asked, "but an ingenious machine for turning red wine into urine?"
Academic text (2000) -
When Isak Dinesen would talk to people, she'd open her eyes really wide and refrain from blinking as if she were trying to entrance them.
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He apparently had no examples of language carrying complicated thoughts or feelings, the way they are carried in the poems of writers such as Philip Levine or William Butler Yeats, or the prose of a writer such as Isak Dinesen.
Blog text (19) -
In her novel, Dinesen captures the rich landscapes and cultural nuances of East Africa.
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The works of Dinesen continue to inspire readers with their vivid depictions of the African wilderness.
Synonyms
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A Danish writer who wrote books about her life in Kenya, including Out of Africa
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A Danish writer who wrote books about her life in Kenya, including Out of Africa
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dinesen is a Danish family name made from the personal name Dine plus the ending -sen, which means 'son of' in Danish, like how 'Johnson' means 'son of John'. So Dinesen originally meant 'son of Dine', which helps explain why it is a Scandinavian surname, as in the writer Karen Dinesen.