Ching-Chia Ting: Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen （week 14）

H. C. Andersen （April 1805 – 4 August 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in Danish,
express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Some of his most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "Thumbelina".

In the spring of 1872, Andersen got off on the wrong side of the bed. He fell out of his bed and was severely hurt; he never recovered. Soon afterward, he started to show signs of liver cancer.

At the time of his death, Andersen was internationally revered, and the Danish Government paid him an annual stipend as a "national treasure".