The document provides a biography of Hans Christian Andersen, a famous Danish author and poet known for his fairy tales. It describes his poor upbringing as the son of a shoemaker in Odense, Denmark and how he fostered his imagination through plays and literature from a young age. After his father's death, King Frederick VI sent him to grammar school and he struggled as a student but eventually completed his education in Copenhagen. The document lists some of Andersen's famous fairy tales and notes that it marks the end.