Kuki Gallmann, author and conservationist, was born in Italy in 1943. She moved with her husband to a farm in Kenya in 1972. Her dramatic memoir, I Dreamed of Africa, first published in 1991, has been translated into eighteen languages.
The major motion picture I Dreamed of Africa, directed by Hugh Hudson, released on May 5, 2000, features Vincent Perez, and stars Kim Basinger as Kuki Gallmann.
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Kuki Gallmann's life shares striking aspects with Karen Blixen's:
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Books by Kuki Gallmann
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