Lot 535: Autograph - Isak Dinesen

Pseudonym of prominent Danish author Karen Blixen (1885-1962), best known for her account of life in Kenya, Out of Africa, later adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. ALS in Dutch, signed "Tanne," on a 3.5 x 5.5 picture postcard, no date, but postmarked February 1959. Postcard to a friend. In part (translated): "I feel exceptionally wonderful. I am completely overwhelmed by the kindness all people show towards me and I wish I could stay here for a long time." In very good condition, with moderate creasing and soiling to both sides, and address faded.