Blixen, Baroness KarenBlix‧en, Baroness Kar‧en /ˈblɪksən, ˈkærən/(1885–1962) a Danish writer who wrote in English using the man's name Isak Dinesen. She wrote many short stories, but her most famous book, Out of Africa, describing her life on a coffee farm in Kenya, was made into a film in 1985.