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Hans Christian Andersen

Known for: Writing

Biography: 1805-04-02

Deathday: 1875-08-04 (70 years old)

Biography

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best ed for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.

Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.

His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina".

His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.

Filmography

all 241

Movies 232

Writer 182

TV Shows 9

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Hans Christian Andersen

Biography

Filmography

all 241

Movies 232

Writer 182

TV Shows 9

self 2

Frozen III (2027)

The Little Mermaid (2024)

Akademia Pana Kleksa: wersja rozszerzona (2024)

Kleks Academy (2024)

The Little Mermaid (2023)

Hans Christian Andersen - Im Schatten der Märchen (2023)

Rusalka - Opéra National du Capitole de Toulouse (2022)

Piken med svovelstikkene (2021)

Sicken ärta (2021)

Pastýřka a kominíček (2020)

Malá mořská víla (2019)

Frozen II (2019)

CBeebies Presents: Thumbelina (2018)

The Little Mermaid (2018)

Little Match Girl (2018)

Der Schweinehirt (2017)

CBeebies Presents: The Snow Queen (2017)

L'Histoire d'une mère (2017)

Little Mermaid (2016)

La petite marchande d'allumettes (2016)

Little from the Fish Shop (2015)

Frozen Fever (2015)

The Silver Moonlight (2015)

The Snow Queen (2014)

The Little Match Girl (2014)

The Ravine of the British (2014)

The Ugly Duckling (2014)

Die kleine Meerjungfrau (2013)

Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern (2013)

The Gracious Ghost (2013)

Die roten Schuhe (2013)

Frozen (2013)

The Little Match Girl (2011)

The Fir Tree (2011)

Des Kaisers neue Kleider (2010)

Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (2010)

The Ugly Duckling (2010)

The Sleeping Beauty (2010)

The Snow Queen (2010)

Prinsessen på ærten (2009)

Kejserens nye klæder (2009)

Konen med æggene (2009)

Klods Hans (2009)

Den lille pige med svovlstikkerne (2009)

The Wild Swans (2009)

Red Shoes (2009)

Thumbelina (2007)

O dívce, která šlápla na chléb (2007)

The Ugly Duckling and Me! (2006)

The Little Matchgirl (2006)

The Red Shoes (2006)

The Snow Queen (2005)

The Red Shoes (2005)

Historien om en mor (2005)

Le Rossignol (2005)

Les Habits neufs du gouverneur (2005)

The Little Match Girl (2005)

Křesadlo (2004)

Snow Queen: Musical (2003)

The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2003)

Story of a Mother (2003)

Snow Queen (2002)

Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale (2002)

Zlatý chlieb (2001)

The Snow Queen (2000)

Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess (1999)

Stín (1999)

The Rose Seller (1998)

Hans Christian Andersen and the Long Shadow (1998)

The Little Mermaid (1998)

The Ugly Duckling (1997)

The Ugly Duckling's Christmas Wish (1996)