Die Löwin. Tania Blixen in Afrika

The dramatic story of Tania Blixen, who was the first woman to run a coffee plantation and gained international fame with her memoir "Out of Africa." Tom Buk-Swienty paints a multifaceted portrait of a woman who passionately lives her dream, founding the first female-led African corporation, the Karen Coffee Company, in colonial Kenya. Known as a true "lioness," she defies droughts, diseases, and wars, and then, upon returning to Denmark, becomes one of the most significant writers of the 20th century. The true and highly adventurous life story of Tania Blixen, whose memoir "Out of Africa," starring Meryl Streep, became a worldwide bestseller both as a book and a film, is also the first major biography in decades. It is richly illustrated with partly exclusive imagery.