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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875), the Danish writer

person, writer, artist, author, musician, musical act, novelist, poet, children's writer, screenwriter, Christian, Danish people, aries person

Born: ▶
1805, April 1805, April 2nd 1805, Europe, the EU, …
Denmark, Scandinavia, the world, the Northern Hemisphere, Northern Europe, Odense, Syddanmark, Eurasia, Africa-Eurasia, US postal Group 5, the UK European postal area, the Central European Time region
Died: ▶
1875, August 1875, August 4th 1875, Europe, the EU, …
Denmark, Scandinavia, the world, Copenhagen, the Northern Hemisphere, Northern Europe, Zealand, Sealand, Bornholm, Hovedstaden, Hillerød, Hvidovre, Glostrup, Hørsholm, Herlev, Copenhagen municipality, København, Rudersdal municipality, Fredensborg municipality, Egedal municipality, Gribskov municipality, the Central European Time region, Eurasia, Africa-Eurasia, the UK European postal area, US postal Group 5
Wrote: ▶
The Little Mermaid; The Emperor's New Clothes; The Ugly Duckling; The Little Match Girl; The Princess and the Pea; …
The Red Shoes; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Steadfast Tin Soldier; The Nightingale; The Angel; The Tinder Box; The Wild Swans; The Shadow; The Most Incredible Thing; The Swineherd; Thumbelina; The Snowman; The Fir-Tree; The Elf Mound; The Flying Trunk; The Tinderbox; The Tinderbox; The Teapot; Thumbelina; Fairy Tales Told for Children; New Fairy Tales; Fairy Tales Told for Children. First Collection.; Heartache; The Wild Swans; The Sweethearts; or, The Top and the Ball
Wrote for Screen: ▶
The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Red Shoes, The Red Shoes, The Snow Queen, …
Snow Queen, The Little Mermaid, Thumbelina, The Little Matchgirl, The Snow Queen, Anderusen Dowa Ningyo Hime, Le Roi et l'oiseau, The Little Mermaid, The Daydreamer, The Little Mermaid, The Story of a Mother, the Snow Queen, The Snow Queen
Location: Bavaria
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Andersen
Gender: male, female
Nationality: danish
Residence: Odense
Organisations: Danish people
Age at Death: 70 years, 4 months and 2 days old
Class: ▶
musician, person, Christian, artist, writer, …
poet, Danish people, aries person, musical act, screenwriter, children's writer, novelist, author
Husband: Christian Enzensberger, Sophus Christian Frederik Schandorph
Did: die (August 4th 1875)
Colleague of: Christian Dorph, Anders Andersen
Worked with: Niimi Nankichi
Went to: Switzerland, Rome, Munich, Copenhagen
Influenced: Edward Plunkett, Brian Gage
Born During: January 1st 1800, 00:00 - December 31st 1809, 23:59
Died During: January 1st 1870, 00:00 - December 31st 1879, 23:59
Attributes: male, Children's literature, Danish people, danish
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f800000000001c120"
Related Websites: ▶
http://AndersenFairyTales.com, http://www.museum.odense.dk/andersen/klip/billedstart.asp?sprog=engelsk, http://www.dreamscity.net/vb/t28628.html, http://www.iconsofeurope.com/toronto.hca.essay.htm, http://www.iconsofeurope.com/operamuseum2008.htm, …
http://www.andersenstories.com, http://fairytalearchive.com, http://www.andersenfairytales.com, http://www.striking12.com, http://www.slapastory.com/user/profile/username/Hans, http://www.tonightsbedtimestory.com/category/hans-christian-andersen, http://rakontoj.googlepages.com/index.html, http://www.snowqueen.us/slideshow.html, http://www.bagge.dk/english/index.htm, http://www.park-funabashi.or.jp/and, http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk, http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3AHans%20Christian%20Andersen%20-contributor%3Agutenberg%20AND%20mediatype%3Atexts, http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/04/arts/04hans.html, http://www.omsd.dk/themes/hc_andersen_uk/uk_hc_andersen_main_frame.htm, http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/hans_christian_andersen_tales.htm, http://librivox.org/andersens-fairy-tales-by-hc-andersen, http://www.museum.odense.dk/H_C_Andersen.aspx?lang=en, http://www.andersen.sdu.dk/index_e.html, http://www.teatrandersena.pl, http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/a/hans_christian_andersen
Influence: Brian Gage
Influences: William Shakespeare, Brothers Grimm, Heinrich Heine
Project Gutenberg URI: http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/gutendata/resource/people/Andersen_Hans_Christian_1805-1875
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hans_Christian_Andersen
Rare Terms: "christian andersen"
Birthday: the 2nd of April
Quotes: ▶
"Where words fail, music speaks."; "Travelling expands the mind rarely."; "My life is a lovely story, happy and full of incident."; "Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with short steps."; "Life itself is the most wonderful fairy tale."; …
"Just living is not enough. One must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."; "Just living is not enough... one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower."
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