
About
Hans Christian Andersen
Overview
Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875) was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children: his stories express themes that transcend age and nationality.
Andersen's fairy tales, of which no fewer than 3381 works have been translated into more than 125 languages, have become culturally embedded in the West's collective consciousness, readily accessible to children, but presenting lessons of virtue and resilience in the face of adversity for mature readers as well.
His most famous fairy tales include "The Emperor's New Clothes", "The Little Mermaid", "The Nightingale", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Match Girl", and "Thumbelina".
His stories have inspired ballets, plays, and animated and live-action films.
Known for
Writing |
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2027 | Frozen III | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2025 | The Tinderbox Against the Magic Well | Writing | Book | 59 Average |
2024 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Book | 58 Average |
2024 | Kleks Academy: Extended Version | Writing | Characters | 69 Fair |
2023 | La Reine des neiges, l'histoire oubliée de Kay et Gerda | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2023 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Original Story | 62 Fair |
2022 | The Tinderbox | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2021 | Sicken ärta | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
2020 | Pastýřka a kominíček | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
2019 | Malá mořská víla | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2019 | Frozen II | Writing | Original Story | 71 Good |
2016 | Little Mermaid | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
2016 | La petite marchande d'allumettes | Writing | Author | 59 Average |
2015 | Frozen Fever | Writing | Novel | 66 Fair |
2014 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Author | N/A N/A |
2013 | The Gracious Ghost | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2013 | Die roten Schuhe | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2013 | Frozen | Writing | Author | 72 Good |
2011 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2011 | The Most Incredible Thing | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2011 | The Fir Tree | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
2010 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2010 | The Sleeping Beauty | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
2010 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
2009 | Red Shoes | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
2007 | O dívce, která šlápla na chléb | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
2006 | The Ugly Duckling and Me! | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
2006 | The Little Matchgirl | Writing | Original Story | 63 Fair |
2005 | The Red Shoes | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2005 | Le Rossignol | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Mala morska deklica | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Divji labodi | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | The Fairytaler: The Ugly Duckling & Other Stories | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Cesarjev slavček | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Cesarjeva nova oblačila | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Snežna kraljica | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Kraljična na zrnu graha | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | H.C. Andersen - Čudežno potovanje | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
2005 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
2004 | Křesadlo | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
2004 | Snow Queen | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
2003 | The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina | Writing | Characters | 58 Average |
2003 | Story of a Mother | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
2002 | Snow Queen | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
2002 | Hans Christian Andersen: My Life as a Fairytale | Writing | Novel | 69 Fair |
1999 | Scary Fairy Tales: Thumb Princess | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1998 | The Rose Seller | Writing | Novel | 62 Fair |
1996 | The Ugly Duckling's Christmas Wish | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1996 | Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1996 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1995 | The Tin Soldier | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1995 | Poslední slovo | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1994 | The Detective and Death | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1994 | Thumbelina | Writing | Original Story | 61 Fair |
1994 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1993 | Domovníkov syn | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1992 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1991 | Ten | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1991 | Das Kleid | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1991 | Adventures of the Little Mermaid | Writing | Original Story | 70 Good |
1990 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1990 | Timeless Tales: The Emperor's New Clothes | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1990 | Timeless Tales: Thumbelina | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1990 | Timeless Tales: The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1990 | The Red Shoes | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1989 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Author | 72 Good |
1988 | Death and the Mother | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1988 | Mikula and Mikulka | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1987 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1987 | The Wild Swans | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1987 | The Tinderbox | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1987 | The Galoshes of Happiness | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1987 | Big Underground Ball | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1987 | Sněhová královna | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1987 | Strom pohádek | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1986 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1986 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1986 | The Story Of The Girl Who Stepped On Bread | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1986 | The Secret of the Snow Queen | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1985 | Přezůvky Štěstěny | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1985 | The Angel | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1984 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1984 | Fairies' Autumn Gift | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1984 | Thumbelina | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1984 | The Princess and the Pea | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1984 | The Fir | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1983 | The Flying Trunk | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1983 | The Nightingale | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1983 | O brokátové růži a slavíku z perleti | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1983 | Pastýřka a kominíček | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1983 | Palculienka | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1982 | Das hässliche junge Entlein | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1982 | Kontraste | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1982 | Thumbelina | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1981 | The Nightingale | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1980 | The Nightingale | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1980 | The King and the Mockingbird | Writing | Novel | 67 Fair |
1980 | The Swineherd | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1979 | Stories from a Flying Trunk | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1979 | The Fir Tree | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1978 | Thumbelina | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1978 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1976 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1976 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1976 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Book | 59 Average |
1976 | The Princess and the Pea | Writing | Book | 58 Average |
1976 | Songs on the Death of children | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1976 | The Brave Tin Soldier | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1975 | The Swineherd | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1975 | Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1974 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Short Story | 59 Average |
1974 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1972 | The Grand Duke's New Clothes | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1972 | Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny | Writing | Story | 57 Average |
1972 | Hans Christian Andersen's The Emperor's New Clothes | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
1972 | The Nightingale | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1971 | Der kleine und der große Klaus | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1971 | Ten | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1971 | Andersen Monogatari | Writing | Original Story | 69 Fair |
1970 | Thumbelina | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1969 | Toppen og bolden | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
1969 | Along Came a Soldier | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1968 | Křesadlo | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1968 | A Very Old Story | Writing | Novel | 58 Average |
1968 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1968 | The Little Mermaid | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1968 | Andersenovy pohádky | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1967 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1967 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1967 | The Tartlet | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1967 | The Tartlet | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1966 | Удивительная история, похожая на сказку | Writing | Book | N/A N/A |
1966 | The Dream Wizard | Writing | Writer | 58 Average |
1966 | The Daydreamer | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1966 | The Daydreamer | Writing | Characters | 58 Average |
1966 | Malá mořská víla | Writing | Short Story | N/A N/A |
1964 | The Shepherdess and the Chimney Sweep | Writing | Original Story | 58 Average |
1964 | Little Claus and Big Claus | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1964 | Little Claus and Big Claus | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1964 | Thumbelina | Writing | Story | 60 Fair |
1963 | The Piggy Bank | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1962 | The Wild Swans | Writing | Novel | 59 Average |
1962 | Le livre muet | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1961 | Happiness Comes at Nine o'Clock | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1961 | The Emperor's New Clothes | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1960 | Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1959 | The Tinder Box | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1957 | The Snow Queen | Writing | Novel | 60 Fair |
1957 | Las campanas de Teresa | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1957 | Des Kaisers neue Kleider | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1957 | The Pig Shepard | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1956 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1955 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Writing | Book | 59 Average |
1954 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1954 | Thumbelina | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1953 | Das Mädchen mit den Schwefelhölzern | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1953 | The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird | Writing | Original Story | 59 Average |
1952 | H.C. Andersens sagor | Writing | Novel | N/A N/A |
1952 | La jeune fille aux allumettes | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1949 | The Emperor's Nightingale | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
1948 | The Red Shoes | Writing | Original Story | 70 Good |
1947 | The Little Soldier | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1945 | Hvad Fatter gør | Writing | Short Story | 58 Average |
1941 | Novelly | Writing | Writer | N/A N/A |
1939 | Clássicos de Encantar - O Patinho Feio | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1939 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Story | 61 Fair |
1935 | The Chinese Nightingale | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1934 | The China Shop | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1932 | Ugly Duckling | Writing | Original Story | N/A N/A |
1931 | The Ugly Duckling | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1929 | Die chinesische Nachtigall | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1928 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1928 | The Steadfast Tin Soldier | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
1924 | Armes kleines Mädchen | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1921 | The Flying Koffer | Writing | Story | 58 Average |
1921 | The Gift of Happiness | Writing | Story | N/A N/A |
1914 | The Little Match Girl | Writing | Story | 59 Average |
1907 | The Tinderbox | Writing | Original Concept | 58 Average |
1902 | The Little Match Seller | Writing | Story | 58 Average |