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Hans Christian Andersen: Biography, Fairy Tales, & Books
Although a prolific writer of plays, traveloguesnovels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales. Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of stories across nine volumes, [ 1 ] have been translated into more than languages. Andersen was born in OdenseDenmark, on 2 April He had a stepsister named Karen. Danish historian Jens Jørgensen supported this idea in his hc andersen nötknäpparen H.
Andersen, en sand myte [a true myth]. According to his birth certificatewhich was not drafted until Novembersix godparents were present at the baptism ceremony: Madam Sille Marie Breineberg, Maiden Friederiche Pommer, shoemaker Peder Waltersdorff, journeyman carpenter Anders Jørgensen, hospital porter Nicolas Gomard, and royal hatter Jens Henrichsen Dorch.
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Andersen's father, who had received an elementary school education, introduced his son to literature, reading him Arabian Nights. Following her husband's death inshe remarried in At 14, Andersen moved to Copenhagen to seek employment as an actor.
Having a good soprano voice, he was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatrebut his voice soon changed. A colleague at the theatre told Andersen that he considered Andersen a poet, and taking the suggestion seriously, Andersen began to focus on writing. Though not a stellar pupil, Andersen also attended school at Elsinore until Andersen later said that his years at this school were the darkest and most bitter years of his life.
At one school, Andersen lived at his schoolmaster's home. There, Andersen was abused and was told that it was done in order "to improve his character. The story, written in the s, is about a candle that does not feel appreciated. It was written while Andersen was still in school and dedicated to one of his benefactors. The story remained in that family's possession until it was found among other family papers in a local archive.
Andersen followed this success with a theatrical piece, Love on St. Nicholas Church Towerand a short volume of poems. He made little progress in writing and publishing immediately following these poems, but did receive a small travel grant from the king in This enabled Andersen to set out on the hc andersen nötknäpparen of many journeys throughout Europe.
His travels in Italy were reflected in his first novel, a fictionalized autobiography titled The Improvisatore Improvisatorenpublished in to instant acclaim. Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Hc andersen nötknäpparen Danish : Eventyr, fortalt for Børn. Første Samling. The tales were published in a series of three installments by C. Reitzel in Copenhagen between May and April They were Andersen's first venture into the fairy tale genre.
The first three tales were based on folktales Andersen had heard in his childhood. Reitzel paid Andersen thirty rigsdalers for the manuscript, and the booklet was priced at 24 shillings. The former was influenced by Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué 's Undine and legends about mermaids. This tale established Andersen's international reputation.
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On the eve of the third installment's publication, Andersen revised the conclusion in which the Emperor simply walks in procession to its now-famous finale of a child calling out, "The Emperor is not wearing any clothes! Danish reviews of the first two booklets first appeared in and were not enthusiastic. The critics disliked the chatty, informal style and apparent immorality, since children's literature was meant to educate rather than to amuse.
The critics discouraged Andersen from pursuing this type of style.
Hans Christian Andersen: 10 Key Fairy Tales
Andersen believed that he was working against the critics' preconceived notions about fairy tales, and he temporarily returned to novel-writing, waiting a full year before publishing his third installment. The nine tales from the three booklets were published in one volume and sold for seventy-two shillings. A title page, a table of hc andersen nötknäpparen, and a preface by Andersen were published in this volume.
Sixteen of Andersen's stories were published in the magazine, and 10 of them appeared there before they were printed in Denmark. InAndersen published In Swedena volume of travel sketches. The publication received wide acclaim. A keen traveler, he published several other long travelogues : Shadow Pictures of a Journey to the Harz, Swiss Saxony, etc.