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Danish writer Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa (1937) and Shadows on the Grass (1961) was born today in 1885.

 Danish writer Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen, author of Out of Africa (1937) and Shadows on the Grass (1961) was born today in 1885.

“Perhaps he knew, as I did not, that the Earth was made round so that we would not see too far down the road.”
― Isak Dinesen, Out of Africa

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Ralph Ellison died today in 1994, age 80.

Ralph Ellison died today in 1994, age 80.

“Life is to be lived, not controlled; and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.”
― Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man

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