About Ellen Dahl
Lived 1886 – 1959 (aged 72). Ellen Dahl was a Danish writer, screenwriter and patron of the arts.
Ellen Alvilde Dahl ( Dinesen 13 September 1886 – 17 February 1959) was a Danish writer and philanthropist. She was the younger sister of Karen Blixen, and the daughter of Captain Wilhelm Dinesen and Ingeborg Dinesen. She wrote under the pseudonym Paracelsus, which referenced the Swiss doctor Theophrastus Bombast von Hohenheim (1493-1541).
In 1916 she was married to lawyer Knud Dahl (1876-1945).
She brought her brothers share in Rungstedlund and donated it to Rungstedlundfonden, the organisation that are in charge of the Karen Blixen Museum. This made it possible that Karen Blixen's home could be preserved.
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Who was Ellen Dahl?
Danish writer and philanthropist
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Ellen Dahl was born on 13 September 1886 in Rungstedlund.
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Ellen Dahl died on 17 February 1959 in Hillerød.
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Ellen Dahl was a writer, screenwriter and patron of the arts.
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Ellen Dahl was Danish.
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