Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer and poet

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Born:April 2, 1805

Died:August 4, 1875

Age at death:70

Manner of death:Natural Causes

Cause of death:Liver Cancer

Zodiac Sign:Aries

Born in:Odense, Denmark

Residence:Helsingør, Denmark

Buried in:Denmark

Languages:Danish

Journalist Novelist Playwright Fairy Tale Teller Writer Short Story Writer Traveler Papercut Artist Librettist Director Children's Writer Poet Autobiographer

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Famous For

Notable Work

Den lille havfrueThe Snow QueenDen grimme ællingThe Emperor's New ClothesThe Little Match Girl

Books

Den lille havfrueDen grimme ællingThe Snow QueenThe Emperor's New ClothesThe Little Match Girl

Awards

Lektorix (2005)Gouden Penseel (1976)Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Dannebrog (1875)Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art (1859)Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog (1858)

Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer and poet

Biography

Hans Christian Andersen ( AN-dər-sən; Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩, - ˈkʰʁæs-] ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish writer. A prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is also best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. They have become embedded in Western collective consciousness, accessible to children as well as presenting lessons known for their virtue. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina." Andersen's stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.

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Quotes

“They could see she was a real Princess and no question about it, now that she had felt one pea all the way through twenty mattresses and twenty more feather beds. Nobody but a Princess could be so delicate.”

— The Princess and the Pea

“His own image; no longer a dark, gray bird, ugly and disagreeable to look at, but a graceful and beautiful swan. To be born in a duck's nest, in a farmyard, is of no consequence to a bird, if it is hatched from a swan's egg.”

— The Ugly Duckling

“Death walks faster than the wind and never returns what he has taken.”

— The Story of a Mother

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Photos

A portrait of the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen.

H. C. Andersen reading the newspaper Fædrelandet.

Manhole cover with the portrait of Hans Christian Andersen in the street "Hans Jensens Stræde" in Odense

Manhole cover with the head of H.C.Andersen after a monument on H.C.Andersen Boulevard by the City Hall in Copenhagen.

Loggia del Mercato Nuovo, Florence

Haus in Wyk auf Föhr, in dem Hans Christian Andersen als Gast des dänischen Königspaars im Jahr 1844 lebte.

Members of Bøssehuset dressed up as the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen and his characters at Copenhagen Pride Parade on Allégade in Frederiksberg in Copenhagen.