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Hans Christian Andersen (/ ˈ æ n d ər s ən / AN-dər-sən; Danish: [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁestjæn ˈɑnɐsn̩] ⓘ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author.Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
This version of the story is slightly different from Andersen's story, specifically near the end. La Tartelette (1967), a Jacques Colombat short film inspired by Andersen's story, with a black humour twist ending. Hans Christian Andersen no Sekai (1971, The World of Hans Christian Andersen), Toei Animation's animated film based on Andersen's works.
Andersen, Hans Christian (2005). The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen: A New Translation from the Danish. Frank, Diane Crone; Frank, Jeffrey (eds. and transl.). Durham and London: Duke University Press. ISBN 0-8223-3693-6. Andersen, Jens (2005). Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life. Translated by Nunnally, Tiina. New York, Woodstock, London ...
A newly discovered Hans Christian Andersen letter reveals the fairy tale writer never got to have his own "happily ever after." The emotional letter, believed to be written in 1832 when Andersen ...
Hans Christian Andersen was a friend of the Danish Baron Henrik Stampe (b. 1821) and his wife Jonna Drewsen (b. 1827), as well as of Jonna's father, Adolph Drewson. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He became godfather to their daughter Christine (30 October 1856 – 9 March 1884), who had been named for her paternal grandmother Christine Stampe (née Dalgas).
A Christmas greeting for adults and children from Danish composers (Julehilsen til Store og Smaae fra danske Componister) (1850), C.C. Lose & Delbanco, Copenhagen, contains 6 little verses by Hans Christian Andersen as introductions to each of the 6 piano compositions (by the composers Niels W. Gade, J.P.E. Hartmann, Eduard Helsted, Emil ...
The birthplace (Danish: H.C. Andersen's Hus) is located in the building which is thought his birthplace (not conclusively confirmed), a small yellow house on the corner of 45 Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder street in the old town. [2] In 1908, the house was reopened as the H.C. Andersen Museum.
Hans Andersen is the name of: Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), Danish fairy tale writer; Hans Henrik Andersen (1937–2012), Danish physicist; Hans Andersen (speedway rider) (born 1980), Danish speedway rider; Hans Georg Andersen (1919–1994), Icelandic diplomat; Hans Niels Andersen (1852–1937), Danish shipping magnate and businessman