Hans Christian Andersen

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Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
Tourists at the statue of the Little Mermaid, in the Harbour of Copenhagen.
Tourists at the statue of the Little Mermaid, in the Harbour of Copenhagen.

Hans Christian Andersen [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁæsd̥jæn ˈanɔsn̩] or simply HC Andersen [ho̞ se ˈanɔsn̩], (April 2 1805August 4 1875) was a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales.

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[change] Youth

Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805.When Hans Christian was 11 his dad died so he started working as a tailor's helper. Then he worked at a cigerette factory but the other workers made fun of him. They said he was a girl and pulled down his trousers to check. When he was 14 he went to Copenhagen so that he could become an actor. But soon he stopped doing this and became an author.

[change] Work

Hans Christian Andersen has written many stories and Fairy Tales. He wrote the Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and many more. At first Andersen wasn't very popular but he soon became known all over Europe. In contrast to the Brothers Grimm, who collected fairy tales and wrote them down, Andersen invented new fairy tales.

[change] Death

He got hurt after falling out of bed in 1872. He never got better. Hans Christian Andersen died in 1875 at the age of 70.

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