One might think Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Match Girl,” an 1845 tear-jerker about a poverty-stricken child who freezes to death one snowy New Year’s Eve, would be a hard sell ...

This year adults and children will be asked to doff their hats for the 200th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's birth. The author of hundreds of books, plays and stories, Andersen remains ...

Once upon a time…a new museum dedicated to Hans Christian Andersen opened in Denmark, and it captured the charm, romanticism, and playful imagination of the beloved author.

Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, book of a lifetime: Bittersweet archetypes sustain our Western collective unconscious Andersen's fairy tales were the source of Fay Weldon's literary mannerisms ...

Once upon a time a little boy became a literary sensation. A man with a peculiar take on happily ever after, the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote tales that have inspired operas ...

Andersen’s Fairy Tales in Hebrew. A prolific author of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Hans Christian Andersen (1805 – 1875) is renowned for his beloved 156 fairy tales, which have been ...

'The Snow Queen' inspired not only Disney's hit musical 'Frozen' but also author Karen Foxlee, who based her critically acclaimed novel 'Ophelia and the Marvelous Boy' on the wintry tale.

Denmark holds a weeklong festival in honor of fairy tale author Hans Christian Andersen, who was born 200 years ago on April 2. Scott Simon talks with Diana Crone Frank and Jeffrey Frank ...

Danish historian Esben Brage has discovered a previously unknown story written by Hans Christian Andersen, the 19 th-century author responsible for such children’s classics as “The Little ...

Hans Christian Andersen, who wrote a story called "The Jewish Girl" had many Jewish friends and went to a Jewish school as a child.

Famed Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) is recognized around the world for his beloved books, including The Ugly Duckling, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Princess and the ...

Today is International Children’s Book Day – chosen to coincide with Hans Christian Andersen’s birthday – and we’re looking back at the author’s influence and the significance of ...