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

A blotch, a scar, a bloodstain ... In a Copenhagen journal, I wrote that Hans Christian Andersen is “probably the most famous Dane in history.” “Possible competitors,” I said, are ...

Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...

Ultimately, the British reclaimed the islands, but the conflict left lasting scars on both nations ... cultural icon born on this day is Hans Christian Andersen, who was born on April 2, 1805.

But perhaps one of the most notable is their decision to make the villainous Scar Mufasa's brother ... Disney first thought of adapting Hans Christian Andersen's The Snow Queen in 1937 and ...

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Author David A. Robertson and illustrator Josée Bisaillon have been nominated for the 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Awards. Known as the “little Nobel,” the biennial awards were established in 1956 to ...

Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s beloved fairy tale ... leaving her neck to bear the scars of her admirers’ antics. However, from political statements to simple mischief, each act of vandalism ...

The theater version of “The Little Mermaid” deviates slightly from the beloved Disney movie, which diverged from the poignant 1837 fairy tale by Denmark’s Hans Christian Andersen with a ...

Vivid visuals and macabre humour animate this modern reworking of Hans Christian Andersen’s grisly fairytale Even by fairytale standards, Hans Christian Andersen’s story of puritanical ...

‘The Little Mermaid’ is one such greatly satisfying tale of Hans Christian Andersen’s story ... Simba, whose uncle, Scar, kills Simba’s father, King Mufasa, who banishes Simba from Pride Rock and ...

By Sabrina Orah Mark Two new middle grade novels insist Hans Christian Andersen got it all wrong. By Jennifer Howard Igiaba Scego, an author born in Rome to Somali parents, recommends books that ...