Ugly duckling by hans christian andersen6/20/2023 Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films. 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". They 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 well. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.Īndersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. Hans Christian Andersen ( / ˈ æ n d ər s ən/ AN-dər-sən, Danish: ( listen) 2 April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Assistens Cemetery, Copenhagen (København)
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