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The Improvisatore (Danish: Improvisatoren) is an autobiographical novel by Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). First published in 1835, it was an immediate success and is considered to be Andersen's breakthrough.
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.
Hans Christian Andersen; Vilhelm Andersen; Herman Bang; Peter Bastian; Hjalmar Bergström; Jens Bjerre; Sara Blaedel; Karen Blixen (Isak Dinesen) Anders Bodelsen; Georg Brandes; Suzanne Brøgger; Inger Christensen; Stig Dalager; Christine Daugaard; Tove Ditlevsen; Inge Eriksen; Bent Faurby; Karl Gjellerup; Anna Grue; Meïr Aron Goldschmidt ...
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 in the garden of "Roligheden" near Copenhagen, in 1869. This is a list of published works by Hans Christian Andersen. The list has been supplemented with a few important posthumous editions of his works; the year given in each entry refers to the first Danish edition.
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).
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
Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen (28 January 1820 – 13 March 1859) was a Danish painter and illustrator who is known for his illustrations for fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen. He was the first artist to illustrate Andersen's works. His drawings were converted into wood prints and used in the Danish and German editions.