"Copenhagen to seek employment as an actor. Having an excellent soprano voice, he was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatre, but his voice soon changed. A colleague at the theatre told him that he considered Andersen a poet. Taking the suggestion seriously, Andersen began to focus on writing. Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Danish Theatre, held great affection for Andersen and sent him to a grammar school in Slagelse, persuading King Frederick VI to pay part of the youth's education. Andersen had by then published his first story, ""The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave"" (1822). Though not a stellar pupil,"
"Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (; ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality. Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as"
"how we can prepare for it. Andersen has received two Danish awards for her books: Lene Rachel Andersen Lene Rachel Andersen (born May 15, 1968), Danish author, indie publisher, economist, futurist, and philosopher. She was born and raised in Taastrup, a suburb west of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first books were the series Baade-Og, her latest book is The Nordic Secret. From age 16, Andersen produced radio programs and wrote scripts for radio- and television satire. After studying business economy for three years, Andersen worked as a temp teacher and a temp secretary for two years before she studied theology for"
"Hans Christian Andersen Museum The Hans Christian Andersen Museum is a museum dedicated to famous author Hans Christian Andersen in Odense, Denmark. It is located in the building which is thought his birthplace, a small yellow house on the corner of Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder in the old town. In 1908, the house was opened as the Hans Christian Andersen Museum. It documents his life from his childhood years as the son of a struggling shoemaker, to his schooling, career as an author, and later life, with artefacts providing an insight into his acquaintances and adventures. Andersen's childhood"
"born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805 to Hans Andersen, a shoemaker, and Anne Marie Andersdatter. An only child, Andersen shared a love of literature with his father, who read him ""The Arabian Nights"" and the fables of Jean de la Fontaine. Together, they constructed panoramas, pop-up pictures and toy theatres, and took long jaunts into the countryside. Andersen's father died in 1816, and from then on, Andersen was left to his own devices. In order to escape his poor, illiterate mother, he promoted his artistic inclinations and courted the cultured middle class of Odense, singing and reciting in"
"have disproved these stories). A persistent speculation suggests that Andersen was an illegitimate son of King Christian VIII, but this notion has been challenged. Andersen's father, who had received an elementary school education, introduced Andersen to literature, reading to him the ""Arabian Nights"". Andersen's mother, Anne Marie Andersdatter, was an illiterate washerwoman. Following her husband's death in 1816, she remarried in 1818. Andersen was sent to a local school for poor children where he received a basic education and had to support himself, working as an apprentice to a weaver and, later, to a tailor. At fourteen, he moved to"
"worker in Hamar. Andersen made his literary debut in 1897 with the historical novel collection ""I Cancelliraadens dage"", a collection of tales from the early 1800s in the Norwegian Uplands. It was received with great enthusiasm and earned him an endowment. The book is commonly viewed as a highlight in Andersen's work. It is regarded a pioneer work of its kind, and has later been analyzed by several literary historians. Among his other works are the poetry collection ""Digte"" from 1898, and the novel ""Mod kvæld"" from 1900. Between the years 1904-19, he published five collections of narratives and novels"
"Hans Christian Andersen (film) Hans Christian Andersen is a 1952 Hollywood musical film directed by Charles Vidor, with lyrics and music by Frank Loesser. The story was by Myles Connolly, the screenplay was written by Moss Hart and Ben Hecht (uncredited), and Samuel Goldwyn Productions were the producers. It stars Danny Kaye. The film was inspired by the life of 19th-century Danish poet and scholar Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote many world-famous fairy tales. But the story is romantic fiction, not a biography. The introduction describes it as ""not the story of his life, but a fairy tale about this"
"Erik Christian Haugaard Erik Christian Haugaard (April 13, 1923 – June 4, 2009) was a Danish-born American writer, best known for children's books and for his translations of the works of Hans Christian Andersen. Erik Christian Haugaard was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark. He was the son of Professor Gottfred and Karen (Pedersen) Haugaard. He came to the United States in 1940 after fleeing the Nazi invasion of Denmark, and served in the Royal Canadian Air Force before the end of World War II. He attended Black Mountain College in North Carolina from 1941 to 1942. He also attended the New"
"right away. He worked for a while as an insurance salesman before he could begin his studies in 1910, during which time he supported himself with teaching jobs. In 1913 he was an employee at Ragna Nielsens school. In his time at college he was the editor of the periodical Minerva. His literary career began with the short story ""Idioten"" (""the Idiot"") from 1918, when he won a writing contest. The same year he became an employee of ""Socialdemokraten"" as a literature and theater critic. In 1920 he wrote the comedy ""Den Enes Død"" together with his friend Finn Bø."
"who had been elected king there, was appointed governor of Funen and Langeland. His wife, Caroline Amalie, was very popular in Odense, where she took an active part in improving people's lives. From 1816 to 1847, Odense Palace was the seat of government on Funen by successive crown princes, and Odense became a little Copenhagen. Hans Christian Andersen's mother worked at the palace, and the boy was invited there, where according to his own account in his autobiography, he acted out some scenes by Ludvig Holberg and improvised a song. As a young boy, Andersen also played with the young"
"Lene Rachel Andersen Lene Rachel Andersen (born May 15, 1968), Danish author, indie publisher, economist, futurist, and philosopher. She was born and raised in Taastrup, a suburb west of Copenhagen, Denmark. Her first books were the series Baade-Og, her latest book is The Nordic Secret. From age 16, Andersen produced radio programs and wrote scripts for radio- and television satire. After studying business economy for three years, Andersen worked as a temp teacher and a temp secretary for two years before she studied theology for four years with the specific goal become a pastor in the Danish Evangelical Lutheran church."
"tomb raiders. From 1 September 1834, Hans Christian Andersen was a lodger on the second floor, renting two rooms from Karen Sophie Larsen who was the widow of a skipper. Andersen's sleaping room faced the courtyard and the Botanical Garden which was then located in Vharlottenborg's garden, while his combined living room and study faced the canal. In a letter to Henriette Hanck from 1 January 1835, on her request, Andersen makes a detailed description of his home at Nyhavn 20. Andersen wrote his first fairytales in the building. They were published in May 1835. The small booklet contained the"
"well. Some of his most famous fairy tales include ""The Emperor's New Clothes"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""The Nightingale"", ""The Snow Queen"", ""The Ugly Duckling"", ""The Little Match Girl"", ""Thumbelina"", and many others. His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. One of Copenhagen's widest and busiest boulevards is named ""H.C. Andersens Boulevard"". Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. He was an only child. Andersen's father, also Hans, considered himself related to nobility (his paternal grandmother had told his father that their family had belonged to a higher social class, but investigations"
"their drawing-rooms. On 4 September 1819, the fourteen-year-old Andersen left Odense for Copenhagen with the few savings he had acquired from his performances, a letter of reference to the ballerina Madame Schall, and youthful dreams and intentions of becoming a poet or an actor. After three years of rejections and disappointments, he finally found a patron in Jonas Collin, the director of the Royal Theatre, who, believing in the boy's potential, secured funds from the king to send Andersen to a grammar school in Slagelse, a provincial town in west Zealand, with the expectation that the boy would continue his"
"Great Heritage"", most of which are still frequently sung today. Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) is remembered first and foremost for his fairy tales, written between 1835 and 1872 not only for children but for adults too. Among the most popular are ""The Steadfast Tin Soldier"", ""The Snow Queen"", ""The Little Mermaid"", ""Thumbelina"", ""The Little Match Girl"", and ""The Ugly Duckling"". Considered to be the father of the modern fairytale, Andersen wrote a total of 156 fairy stories, only 12 of which drew on folk tales. But Andersen also wrote a number of travel sketches, several novels including the well-received: ""The"
"Peder Christian Andersen Peder Christian Andersen, often shortened to P. Chr. Andersen (5 April 1892 – 12 March 1964) was a Norwegian sports official and journalist. He was born in Sagene as a son of a weaver. He finished middle school in 1909, and was employed in the magazine ""Sport"". His most notable assignment here was reporting from the 1912 Summer Olympics, the stay at which he paid himself. He was hired in the labour movement newspaper ""Social-Demokraten"" as a sports journalist. He left for political reasons in 1919 and was hired in ""Aftenposten"". He was promoted to sub-editor in"
"stories ""The Tinderbox"", ""Little Claus and Big Claus"", ""The Princess and the Pea"" and ""Little Idas Flowers"". He published a total of sic booklets with ""Fairy Tales Told for Children"" in the period 1835-1842, followed by ""New Fairytales"" published in the period 1843-1848. Andersen also wrote the novels ""O.T."" and ""Kun en Spillemand"" (1837) and completed ""The Improvisatore"" while he lived at Nyhavn 20. In his diary, he describes an episode where he suddenly felt cold while working on ""The Improvisator"". When he opened the door to the neighbouring room, he found out that his land lady and the maid"
"which he was punished with a stay in the dark cell. Andersen went to sea at age 15, and later found work as a mason's assistant. On 7 November 1916 he married Lovise Kristine Klausen, who worked as a waitress at a restaurant frequented by Andersen. They soon got an apartment at Torshov and had a son. Andersen got a better-paid job, laying the foundation for the headquarters of Oslo Lysverker, but when that job was done he had to seek day-to-day work at the harbour. After an upturn during the First World War, Norway's financial situation again turned for"
"Hans Christian Andersen Award The Hans Christian Andersen Awards are two literary awards by the International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY), recognising one living author and one living illustrator for their ""lasting contribution to children's literature"". The writing award was inaugurated in 1956, the illustration award in 1966. The former is sometimes called the ""Nobel Prize for children's literature"". The awards are named after Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th-century Danish author of fairy tales, and each winner receives the Hans Christian Andersen Medaille, a gold medal with the bust of Andersen (see image). Medals are presented at the"
"Christian Andersen in Denmark, captured an important overview of the folk culture of the mountains and fjords. At least as important in the creation of a Norwegian literature was the effort to introduce a pure Norwegian language, based on the dialects spoken in the areas more isolated from capital. The genius of Ivar Aasen (1813–1898) was at the heart of this effort. Aasen, a self-taught linguistic scholar and philologist, documented a written grammar and dictionary for the spoken Norwegian folk language, which became Nynorsk (New Norwegian) – the ""speech of the country"" as opposed to the official language largely imported"
"Vilhelm Pedersen Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen (28 January 1820 – 13 March 1859) was a Danish painter and illustrator who is above all remembered 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. Pedersen was born in Karlslunde. He initially followed in his father's footsteps and became an officer in the Royal Danish Navy. He was interested in drawing and in 1843 Christian VIII granted him four years' paid leave to enable him to pursuit an"
"encouraged him to move to Santa Monica, California. In 1950 Andersen was hired by the Los Angeles Times as a printer. Andersen was a conversationalist and a soccer fanatic, two traits that helped him as a member of the Danish resistance. ""My husband was a chatterbox, and he loved soccer, so he could bicycle down to a neighboring town to play soccer and the Germans would never think twice about it,"" Judy Andersen told the Los Angeles Times. ""He would ask the guards, 'What are they doing in the field there?' and learn that [the Germans] were building gun emplacements."""
"was reopened in 1996 after a period of closure. It specializes in presenting contemporary operas in Danish. Remembered above all for his fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense in 1805. It is thought his birthplace is the small yellow house on the corner of Hans Jensens Stræde and Bangs Boder in the old town. In 1908 the house was opened as the Hans Christian Andersen Museum. It documents his life from his childhood years as the son of a struggling shoemaker, to his schooling, career as an author, and later life, with artefacts providing an insight into"
"Denmark, as the son of a veterinary surgeon and he grew up in a rural environment. While studying medicine at the University of Copenhagen he worked as a writer to fund his studies. After three years of studying he chose to change careers and devote himself fully to literature. The first phase of his work as an author was influenced by ""fin-de-siècle"" pessimism. His career began with the publication of Himmerland Stories (1898–1910), comprising a series of tales set in the part of Denmark where he was born. During 1900 and 1901 he wrote his first masterpiece, ""Kongens Fald"" (translated"
"on March 3, 1925, with Andersen at her bedside. Within a year, his father also died, of a heart attack on a street in Chicago. Andersen graduated from high school in 1926 and became a member of the first class of the newly established Muskegon Junior College. Upon graduating two years later, he received the first diploma awarded by the school. While in college, he held a sales job with J. J. Fagan and Company, a real estate firm, and also worked as a stringer for the Muskegon ""Chronicle"", while starting a newspaper for the junior college. Not long after,"
"The Tallow Candle ""The Tallow Candle"" () is a 700-word literary fairytale by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). It was written in the 1820s, making it one of his earliest works and his first known work in the fairytale genre, but its existence was apparently unknown to scholars or the public for almost two centuries. A copy of the manuscript was discovered in a filing box in the National Archives of Funen in October 2012. A tallow candle, whose parents are a sheep and a melting pot, becomes more and more disheartened as it cannot find a purpose in"
"working on the farm than at school. This changed in 1882, when a teacher by the name of Niels Jakobsen started teaching at the school at Fly. He convinced his parents to send him to Staby to attend one of the Folk High Schools. Then in 1884 his parents allowed him to travel to Copenhagen. He attended Blaagaard's Teacher's College. Here he studied intensively with Jakobsen to with the goal of obtaining his teacher degree. He did not finish as he left just after his preliminary exams. His first experience with writing was while he attended the school in Staby,"
"His parents, Anders (father) and Ragna Margrete (mother), lived at Klokkargarden. His career as a writer spanned from 1929 to 1967. He completed his cand philol exam in 1931, but then he went to work at sea as he had been drawn to that life from early on. In 1934 he started to work as a lector in Fredrikstad. After World War II he moved to the same position at Ullern gymnas in Oslo. In 1963, he decided to quit teaching and devote his life to writing. That year he received a stipend of 15 000 Norwegian kroner and was"
"and chief designer at porcelain manufacturer Bing & Grøndahl from 1907 to 1932. He died on April 2, 1932 in Fredensborg. Hans Tegner Hans Christian Harald Tegner, known as Hans Tegner (November 30, 1853 – April 2, 1932), was a Danish artist and illustrator, chiefly known for his illustrations of literary works by Hans Christian Andersen and Ludvig Holberg. Son of lithographer Isac Wilhelm Tegner, Hans studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1869 to 1878. His first art exhibition was in 1882, featuring watercolour illustrations of Hans Christian Andersen's story ""The Tinderbox"". His second, and last,"
"Beatrix Potter. In Gilbert and Sullivan's Savoy Opera ""Iolanthe"", the Lord Chancellor mocks the Fairy Queen with a reference to Andersen, thereby implying that her claims are fictional: <poem>It seems that she's a fairy From Andersen's library, And I took her for The proprietor Of a Ladies' Seminary!</poem> Andersen's fairy tales include: Hans Christian Andersen Hans Christian Andersen (; ; 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes"
"Nordrup at Ringsted in the Slagelse Municipality of Denmark, son of Frederik Vilhelm Andersen. He graduated from Sorø Academy in 1882, having studied language and literature. He continued his studies at the University of Copenhagen taking his examinations in 1888. He won the University's Gold Medal in Nordic philology in 1891 and took his doctorate in 1896 with his thesis ""Guldhornene"" (The Golden Horns). He was appointed a professor of Danish literature in 1908 by Copenhagen University. Andersen began to write around 1893, with such pieces as ' (1893), ' (1894), ""Adam Oehlenschläger, I—III"" (1894–1900), "" (1903, 1907), among others."
"letters and Andersen stayed in his apartment at Amaliegade 37 in Copenhagen from 27 June to 24 August 1848. Christian Wulff (1810–1856) Christian Wulff (31 July 1810 – 1856) was a Danish navel officer and friend of the writer Hans Christian Andersen. Christian Wulff was born on 31 July 1810 in Copenhagen, the son of Peter Frederik Wulff. He was the brother of Henriette Wulff. Wulff joined the Royal Danish Navy as the family tradition prescribed. He became a second lieutenant in 1825 and a first lieutenant in 1835. He reached the rank of captain lieutenant and captain in 1851."