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

A man with a peculiar take on happily ever after, the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote tales that have inspired operas, ballets, a couple of Disney movies. His oversize statue — with ...

Best known for his fairy tales, Hans Christian Anderson (April 2, 1805- August 4, 1875) was a prolific Danish author. Born in poverty, Anderson was able to attend school with the help of Jonas Collin, ...

Hans Christian Anderson, a great-nephew and namesake of the famous fairy tale author, lives in 1962 New York City. The former Broadway performer has inherited a failing bookstore and runs a ...

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 ...

Nova Scotia illustrator Sydney Smith has won the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award for illustration, making him the first ever Canadian winner. The biannual award, presented by the ...

Brenda Dales, now Professor Emerita and former Assistant Teaching Professor in TCE, has been selected as the only U.S. member on the 10-member 2024 Hans Christian Andersen Award (HCA) jury. The HCA, ...

Hans Christian Andersen, the Danish author responsible for more than 100 fairy tales (and, indirectly, a whole truckload of Disney movies), grew up in the then-rural town of Odense before moving ...