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 Andersen,
Hans Christian, 1805-1875, Andersen's Fairy Tales. Hans
Christian Andersen, April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish
author and poet most famous for his fairy tales.
Most English sources use the name "Hans Christian Andersen", but in
Denmark and the rest of Scandinavia he is usually referred to as
merely "H. C. Andersen".
 His
name "Hans Christian" is a traditional Danish name. This year the
Danes celebrate the 200th anniversary of the writer's birth,
Andersen’s tale “Danish Popular Legends” was first published in The
Riverside Magazine for Young People, Vol. IV, pp. 470-474, New York,
October 1870. It has never been published in Denmark.
A total of 168 tales were written...
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