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Hans Christian Andersen 🇩🇰

Hans Christian Andersen (Known as "H.C. Andersen")
Author of Fairy Tales, Novelist, Poet, Cultural Icon
Born 1805-04-02 🇩🇰 Odense, Funen, Kingdom of Denmark
Passed Away 1875-08-04 Rolighed, Copenhagen, Kingdom of Denmark
Lifespan 70 years old
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Denmark's most famous literary son and immortal author of 156 fairy tales, including 'The Little Mermaid', 'The Ugly Duckling', 'The Emperor's New Clothes', and 'The Snow Queen', translated into over 125 languages.

Biographical Record

Hans Christian Andersen was born into poverty in Odense on April 2, 1805, the son of a sickly shoemaker and a washerwoman. Arriving in Copenhagen at fourteen with dreams of the theater, he received royal patronage from King Frederick VI to attend grammar school.

In 1835, he published his first booklet of Fairy Tales Told for Children (Eventyr, fortalte for Børn). Rejecting traditional moral didacticism, Andersen infused his tales with poetic empathy for outcasts, exquisite irony, and existential beauty. Stories like The Little Mermaid and The Ugly Duckling transformed children's literature worldwide.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial
Assistens Cemetery (Assistens Kirkegård)
Copenhagen, Denmark
GPS: 55.6900, 12.5490
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