Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen, (April 2 1805 - August 4 1875) was a Danish author and poet most famous for his fairy tales.

External links

• [http://www.hcandersen-homepage.dk/ Hans Christian Andersen Information. The largest website in the world about Hans Christian Andersen with lots of photos. Hans Christian Andersen Homepage about the world famous Danish poet and story-teller, H.C. Andersen, who lived 1805-1875. Information about his life, childhood home, Hans Christian Andersen House and museum, fairy tales and stories, literary activities, drawings, paper-cuts and picture pages.
• Hans Christian Andersen Bicentenary Website is the award-winning celebration website from the public service broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corp. (DR)in the year of Andersen's 200th birthday. The site has three versions: Danish, English and Mandarin. Listen to fairytales online as read by famous actors, see films, read essays and articles and play interactive features and quizzes. All allowing you the possibility to delve deeper into the writer's life and times. The actual bicentenary celebration took place in Parken, Denmark's National Stadium situated in Copenhagen, on April 2 2005.
• Official web site for the Hans Christian Andersen 2005 Bicentenary Festival.
• The Orders and Medals Society of Denmark has descriptions of Hans Christian Andersen's Medals and Decorations.
• And the cobbler's son became a princely author Details of Andersen's life and the celebrations.
• Hans Christian Andersen: Fairytales and Stories Text of most of Andersen's fairy tales, with an extensive introduction and art based on Andersen's papercuts.
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