Hans Christian Andersen
Danish Author
| Date of Birth | : | 02 Apr, 1805 |
| Date of Death | : | 04 Aug, 1875 |
| Place of Birth | : | Odense, Denmark |
| Profession | : | Poet, Journalist, Novelist |
| Nationality | : | Danish |
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is best remembered for his literary fairy tales.
Andersen's fairy tales, consisting of 156 stories across nine volumes, have been translated into more than 125 languages. They have become embedded in Western collective consciousness, accessible to children as well as presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers. His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Red Shoes", "The Princess and the Pea", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina". His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
Quotes
Total 21 Quotes
The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.
Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale.
Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.
Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch.
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Where words fail, music speaks.
The wiser a man becomes, the more he will read, and those who are wisest read most.
To be of use to the world is the only way to be happy.
Nothing is too high for a man to reach, but he must climb with care and confidence
