Andersen spent most of his adult life in hotels, rented lodgings, or the palatial homes of loyal friends, many of whom set ...

Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong. From “The Little Match Girl Strikes Back.”Credit...Lauren Child Supported by By Jennifer Howard One might think Han ...

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the most famous authors of all time, and people worldwide have enjoyed his classic tales for centuries. He has written numerous stories, including The Little Mer ...

Hans Christian Andersen, the famed Danish author of The Ugly Duckling and The Little Mermaid, once wrote a story called “The Jewish Girl.” This information on its own might raise alarm given ...

But the original version of The Little Mermaid, by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen, isn't the sort of thing you want to read to small kids enamored by the sea. It is seriously scary.

The world premiere of Hans Christian Andersen IN NEW YORK on Hale Centre Theatre's Jewel Box Stage is a disarmingly charming throwback to the Golden Age musical. Hans Christian Anderson ...

This column was first published June 6, 2007. Tourists who visit memorial sites of Denmark's greatest storyteller, Hans Christian Andersen, usually don't walk to his imposing monument in Rosenborg ...

But let's be real here: the people (and Twitter bots) crying over The Little Mermaid casting don't care about being "accurate" to Hans Christian Andersen's original story. If they did, they would ...