Best known for his fairy tales, Hans Christian Anderson (April 2, 1805- August 4, 1875) was a prolific Danish author. Born in poverty, Anderson was able to attend school with the help of Jonas Collin, ...

The world premiere of a new opera, Song of the Nightingale, adapted from a Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale, will take place in three public spaces in New York City next month. 20th April 1965: A ...

There once was a king’s son who had many beautiful books. He could read about everything and see the most beautiful images, but he could not find out where the Garden of Paradise was to be found, and ...

When Ceridwen Dovey was 12, she played the lead role in her school's production of The Little Mermaid. "Somewhat controversially, my school decided to put on the original adaptation of The Little ...

You grew up on Andersen – but not these stories. Shutterstock/Clara Miller Burd Hans Christian Andersen is one of Denmark’s most cherished writers – a master of the literary fairy tale whose influence ...