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Hans Christian Andersen, (born April 2, 1805, Odense, near Copenhagen, Den.—died Aug. 4, 1875, Copenhagen), Danish writer of fairy tales. Though reared in poverty, he received a university education.
Jan 11, 2023 · Celebrated in his lifetime, Andersen’s 156 stories across 9 volumes have been translated into more than 125 languages and continue to inspire ballets, plays and films. Here’s a breakdown of 10 of Hans Christian Andersen’s most famous fairy tales.
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May 18, 2018 · The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) enjoyed fame in his own lifetime as a novelist, dramatist, and poet, but his fairy tales are his great contribution to world literature. Hans Christian Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark.
Sep 11, 2017 · Hans Christian Andersen was a famous Danish writer, known for his fairy tales, as well as other works.
Nov 18, 2013 · Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805–August 4, 1875) thus used that singular talent of listening to lift himself out of poverty and into international celebrity, becoming one of history’s greatest storytellers and the patron saint of the fairy tale genre.
A native of Denmark, Hans Christian Andersen is one of the immortals of world literature. The fairy tales he wrote are like no others written before or since. “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” “The Snow Queen,” “The Swineherd,” “The Nightingale”—these are stories that have been translated into almost every language.
Hans Christian Andersen, or H. C. Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author and poet. Although a prolific writer of plays, travel books, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales, a literary genre he so mastered that his works have been immortalized in children's world literature.
