Although he was raised in poverty, he eventually attended Copenhagen University.Īlthough Andersen wrote poems, plays and books, he is best known for his Fairy Tales and Other Stories, written between 18. The Danish writer was born in the slums of Odense. Hans Christian Andersen, one of the best known figures in literature, is best know for combining traditional folk tales with his own great imagination to produce fairy tales known to most children today. This title is part of Andersen's Fairy Tales, Volume 2. Andersen's fairy tales, which have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but present lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
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