The 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the American author John Steinbeck "for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
"for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception."
Karen Blixen
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Baroness Karen Christentze von Blixen-Finecke was a Danish author who wrote in Danish and English. She is also known under her pen names Isak Dinesen, used in English-speaking countries; Tania Blixen,
1962 Nobel Prize in Literature
…committee received two nominations for him. Included in the shortlisted nominees were Steinbeck, Robert Graves, Lawrence Durrell, Jean Anouilh, and Karen Blixen. Steinbeck was awarded eventually, but the four never received the prize. In total, the Swedish Academy received 86 nominations for 66 writers. Fifteen…
Blixen in 1957
The Mattrup seat farm, 1861
Karen Blixen photographed in 1913
Karen Blixen with her brother Thomas on the family farm in Kenya in the 1920s