The Shadow by Hans Christian Andersen was first published in 1847. In some ways, it is Andersen’s darkest tale. The character ...

A newly discovered Hans Christian Andersen letter reveals the fairy tale writer never got to have his own "happily ever after." The emotional letter, believed to be written in 1832 when Andersen was ...

Danish historian Esben Brage has discovered a previously unknown story written by Hans Christian Andersen, the 19 th-century author responsible for such children’s classics as “The Little Mermaid,” ...

Hans Christian Andersen is well known worldwide among children and adults as the author of fairy tales including The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes. But in Denmark, ...

Wirtz Theatre productions at Northwestern University featured a love letter to the art of storytelling on Saturday with the opening of their new musical “Hans Christian Andersen.” This new stage ...

Thousands of people lined the cobblestone streets of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's town of birth Saturday to welcome royals, movie stars and actors marking the 200th birthday of the ...

EXCLUSIVE: Fox 2000 emerged from a bidding battle that resulted in a substantial seven-figure deal for an untitled original musical fantasy about Hans Christian Andersen. It’s the first original ...

The H.C. Andersen House is open to the public on a limited basis in the writer’s hometown of Odense, Denmark. The H.C. Andersen House in Odense, Denmark. Photo: Laerke Beck Johansen. Artnet News ...

A handful of fall books invite youngsters to gather 'round. Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, trans. by Naomi Lewis, illus. by Joel Stewart, reads like an ode to the writer himself. Lewis gives ...

HANS Christian Andersen was a sweet old man who wrote fairytales for kids. He was also really strange. Here’s what you never knew about the beloved children’s author. Well, for a start, quite a few ...

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