Hans Christian Andersen
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Hans Christian Andersen [ˈhænˀs ˈkʰʁæsd̥jæn ˈanɔsn̩] or simply HC Andersen [ho̞ se ˈanɔsn̩], (April 2 1805 – August 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.
[change] Works
- The Princess and the Pea (1835)
- The Tinder Box (1835)
- Thumbelina (1835)
- The Little Mermaid (1836)
- The Emperor's New Clothes (1837)
- The Wild Swans (1838)
- Ole Lukøje (1841)
- The Swineherd (1841)
- The Angel (1843)
- The Nightingale (1843)
- The Fir-Tree (1845)
- The Ugly Duckling (1843)
- The Little Match Girl (1845)
- The Red Shoes (1845)
- The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep (1845)
- The Snow Queen (1845)
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier (1845)
- The Shadow (1847)
- The Story of a Mother (1847)
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