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Hans Christian Andersen (2 April 1805 to 4 August 1875)
A Short Biographical Introduction.

Hans Christian Andersen was a product of two towns, two social environments, two worlds and two ages. Both as a man and as a writer he thus continually developed and changed, but was also in constant dialogue with himself and even at times at war with himself. Thus his social rise provides the direct and indirect motif in many of his tales, novels and plays, both as a productive source in his search for a new and more comprehensive identity and as a source of perpetual and unresolved traumas.

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Two Towns

The two towns which had such a decisive influence on him were his native town of Odense, and Copenhagen, where he lived and worked for the greater part of his adult life.

As a poor child in the small but self-satisfied provincial centre of Odense, Andersen received throughout the first 14 years of his life impressions and experiences that were to be decisive for his literary

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Hans Christian Andersen

Danish writer (1805–1875)

For other uses, see Hans Christian Andersen (disambiguation).

Hans Christian Andersen (AN-dər-sən; Danish:[ˈhænˀsˈkʰʁestjænˈɑnɐsn̩]ⓘ; 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.

Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes,[1] have been translated into more than 125 languages.[2] They have become embedded in Westerncollective consciousness, accessible to children as well as presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers.[3] 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.[4]

Early life

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This photo of Andersen was taken in October 1867 by Thora Hallager

Hans Christian Andersen (DK. 1805-1875) is world famous for his fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 different languages. He is also known for his life and his other written works. Among his contemporaries Andersen first had a reputation of someone who mingles with the bourgeoisie, and later on for being an embodiment of romanticism’s Aladdin myth. The Aladdin myth comes from the fairy tale of Aladdin and the magical lamp, of the Arabian fairy tale and folklore collection; One Thousand and One Nights, introduced in Denmark by Adam Oehlenschläger.

Hans Christian Andersen dreamt of becoming an actor, he tried himself as a ballet dancer and singer, but his success came through his writings.

In the beginning, his contemporaries were sceptical of his talent, due to his background as a child of the poorer classes, but through time, he gained ground in their circles, and they were delighted by his visits, where he often read from his fairy tales and other stories.

 

In his posterity he is re

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