Hans Christian Andersen was born in 1805 in Odense, Denmark. He worked as a novelist, short story writer, and poet, and is best remembered for his fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, and The Ugly Duckling. Some of his most famous fairy tales were published starting in 1820. Andersen never fully recovered after falling from his bed in 1872 and died in 1875 from liver cancer in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Where was Hans Christian
Andersen born?
• Hans Christian
Andersen was born in
the town of Odense,
Denmark

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When was he born?
He was born on the 2nd
of April of 1805

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What was his job?
He was a novelist,
short story writer
and poetist

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Why is he best remembered?
• Cristian Hans
Andersen was best
remembered
because of his “fairy
tales”.

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What famous fairy tales did he
write?
• Hans Christian
Andersen’s famous
fairy tales are The
Tinderbox, The
Princess and the Pea,
Thumbelina, The
Little Mermaid and
The Emperor's New
Clothes.

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How old was Hans Christian
Andersen when he left home?
• Hans Christian
Andersen left home at
14.

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What was Andersen’s first story?
When was it published?
• The Tallow Candle was his first story.
• His first story was published in 1820.

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What happened to Hans
Christian Andersen in 1872?
• In the spring of 1872,
Andersen fell out of his bed
and was severely hurt, never
recovering.

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When did he die?
Where? Why?
• Soon after he started to show signs of liver
cancer, and died on August 4, 1875 in a
house called Rolighed

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