Her father was loosely related to royalty, and her mother was the daughter of a successful shipowner. Karen Blixen (also known as Isak Dinesen) was born Karen Christentze Dinesen on April 17, 1885, near Copenhagen, Denmark. Dinesen's admirers and scholars often seek parallels between her life and her writing, and in 'Babette's Feast' Dinesen seems to draw on her childhood and adult experiences to give the story depth and authenticity.

As an adult, Dinesen found herself operating a coffee farm in East Africa, an experience that taught her a great deal about contrasting people and cultures. Through this experience, Dinesen came to understand and appreciate the ways women take care of loved ones and of each other.

In the wake of this tragedy, her grandmother and a nearby aunt helped care for the family. In 1958, 'Babette's Feast,' along with other stories published in magazines, was compiled into Anecdotes of Destiny, which was available as of 2004.Īs a child, Dinesen suffered the loss of her father by suicide. A friend had advised her to write about food because Americans love food, so she crafted a story about the transformative powers of a very special feast. A number of her stories were featured in Ladies' Home Journal, including 'Babette's Feast,' which was first published in 1950. Having established her reputation as an author in the 1930s and 1940s, she sought to increase her income in the 1950s by having stories published in American magazines. The project is supported by Reykjavíkurborg, Performing Arts Fund, Nordic Culture Point, and Nordic Culture Fund.Perhaps best known for Out of Africa (1937), Isak Dinesen is the pseudonym of Karen Blixen. The inspiration for the play is the iconic character - Babette, a talented refugee, a personification of immigrant voices, diversity narratives, and cultural displacement concerns. The development of a multilingual and multicultural play “ Djöfulsins snillingur” will put into practice tools and practices gathered in the project. The partners and specialists in multicultural and multilingual theatre from Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden share their experience, network, develop the co-production, promote social inclusion through performing arts, and offer their expertise in creating opportunities for artists with foreign backgrounds by ( Immart), multilingual theatre productions ( Reykjavík Ensemble International Theatre), transcultural theatre education ( Black Nordic Theatre) and language acquisition through drama ( Teater Aros). The exchange of knowledge and practices in inclusive theatre concluded with the development of a theatrical co-production inspired by the iconic short story “ Babette’s Feast” by Danish author Karen Blixen.

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