Karen Blixen's brother-in-law Hans Blixen, whom she had loved, died in a plane crash.
Thurman, Judith. Isak Dinesen: The Life of a Storyteller. St Martin’s Press, 1982.
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Family and Intimate relationships
Isak Dinesen
Karen Dinesen was expected by her family and her society to get married. She fell in love with her cousin Hans Blixen, but after this attachment ended she became secretly engaged to his brother...
