The Improvisatore by Hans Christian Andersen

COLLECTED FAIRY TALE EDITIONS IN ENGLISH TRANSLATION Pedersen, Reitzel (Copenhagen, Denmark), 1862-63, and in Nye eventyr og historien (title means 'New Tales and Stories'), illustrated by Lorenz Froelich, Reitzel (Copenhagen, Denmark), 1870-74. The complete collection of 168 tales is contained in Eventyr og historien (title means 'Tales and Stories'), illustrated by T. The first illustrated edition was done by Thomas Vilhelm Pedersen in 1850. Writings COLLECTED FAIRY TALESĮventyr (title means 'Tales'), Reitzel (Copenhagen, Denmark), 1835, the first of many collections published between 18. Grants from the King of Denmark, 1833-35, for travel in Germany, France, Switzerland, and Italy Swedish Order of the Knight of the Polar Star, White Falcon of Weimar, Red Eagle of Prussia Order of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Honorary Danish Councillor of State. From the age of eleven, worked in a cloth factory, a tobacco factory, and later as an apprentice to a shoemaker tried unsuccessfully to become an actor, singer, and dancer. CareerĪuthor of fairy tales, playwright, novelist, and writer of travel books. Education: Schooled but illiterate at the age of fourteen, he began grammar school studies at the age of seventeen and finally attended the University of Copenhagen, passing degree examinations in 1829. Born April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark died of complications resulting from cancer of the liver, August 4, 1875, at Rolighed, near Copenhagen, Denmark son of Hans (a shoemaker) and Anne Marie (a washerwoman) Andersen.

The Improvisatore by Hans Christian Andersen