One of the guardians of the Demon Heroes, Andersen

Hans, Christian, and Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), commonly known as Hans Christian Andersen, were Danish writers and poets best known for their fairy tales, the most famous of which include The Little Tin Soldier, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Ugly Duckling, and The Red Shoes.

Andersen received a royal tribute during his lifetime and was highly praised for bringing joy to a generation of children across Europe. His works have been translated into more than 150 languages and thousands of fairy tale books have been published around the world. His fairy tales have also inspired the creation of numerous films, stage plays, ballets, as well as film animations.

Andersen was born on April 2, 1805 in Odense, Denmark, the only child in his family. His father, Hans Christian Andersen, was a shoemaker and was sickly. Her mother was a few years older than her father, named Anna Maria, and she was a washerwoman. The family lived in a small house.

The liberal educational environment of his parents, especially his mother's encouragement, enabled Andersen to show his imagination at an early age. He set up a toy theatre in his home, dressed his puppets, and read all the plays he could borrow, including works by Louvy Holbert and William Shakespeare.

When Andersen's father died in 1816, he left Andersen with all the tools he used to make shoes. Andersen also studied at home because of this. During this time he worked as an apprentice to a weaver and a tailor, as well as a cigarette factory, where his colleagues jokingly called him a girl and took off his pants to check him.

Easter Day of 1819. Andersen began to think about his future at St. Canute's Cathedral in Odense, a port city in the northern port of Funen, Denmark. Hoping to become an opera singer, Andersen came to Copenhagen in September 1819.

Because of his good voice, he was hired by the Royal Danish Theatre, but soon his voice was broken and he lost his job. It is alleged that at first he was treated as a madman in the theater, so he was snubbed and almost starved to death.

However, Andersen was assisted by the musicians Christopher Weiser and Sibony, and later by the poet Frederick Hoggudberg. Although his dream of being a singer was shattered, he was accepted as an apprentice dancer at the Royal Theatre.

At the same time he began to write. As he became lazy, Andersen gradually lost Goodberg's affection for him, but at this time Andersen began to be helped by Jonathan Collin, the director of the Royal Theatre. Later, the two became lifelong friends.

Under the introduction and persuasion of Nathan Colin. King Frederick VI became interested in the strange boy and decided to send Hans Christian Andersen to the grammar school in Slags and pay for all the expenses. Before his departure, Andersen published his first short story: The Ghost of the Grave of Panatoque (1822).

This reluctant latecomer. First, he stayed in Slags. Later, he went to another school in Helsingør. It was up until 1827.

He still behaves strangely and misfits in school, and his teachers often scold him. Hans Christian Andersen later described these years as the darkest and most painful period of his life. The most rear. Colin finally got him graduated. After that, Andersen went to Copenhagen.

In 1829, Hans Christian Andersen published his travelogue "Walks from the Holmen Canal to the East Point of Amae Island in 1828 and 1829", which was quite successful. This was immediately followed by a farce and a book of poetry. After these three works, he fell silent again.

In 1833, however, he received a small amount of money from the King of Denmark for living expenses, and thus began his first European journey. In the Swiss Jura, adjacent to Le Locle, Andersen created "Egnet and the Mermaid".

In October 1834, he arrived in Rome, Italy, and this trip was later reflected in his autobiographical novel The Impromptu Poet.

Hans Christian Andersen's first attempt at fairy tales began with his rewriting of stories he had heard as a child. By creating a series of bold and original fairy tales, Andersen has taken this genre to new heights.

However, these fairy tales were not widely recognized at first.

In 1835, the first volume of the world-famous Tales for Children was published in Copenhagen, followed by more in 1836 and 1837, culminating in the first volume of nine stories.

The value of these stories is not immediately recognized, and sales are terrible.

On the other hand, Hans Christian Andersen's novels Ott and Te (1836) and Just a Fiddler (1837) were successful, and the latter was praised by Soren O'Becker Kaegard as Andersen's best novels.

In 1838, the second part of "Stories for Children" appeared. Includes fairy tales "Daisy", "Steadfast Tin Soldier" and "Wild Swan". Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales continued to be published until Hans Christian Andersen's death in 1872.

In Western countries, stories such as The Ugly Duckling, The King's New Clothes and The Pea Princess have long been household names, yet only a few can name their authors.

They have become as common a heritage of mankind as the stories of the Charpero, and as have the works of the Brothers Grimm, they have become true folk tales.

In October 2012, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale debut novel, Butter Candle, was discovered at the National Archives of Funen, Denmark. Written in the twenties of the 19th century, the work is about an unappreciated candle. At that time, Hans Christian Andersen was still studying at grammar school.

Andersen was a great traveler, and his furthest journey was between 1840 and 1841, crossing Germany (during which he took his first train ride), Italy, Malta, and Greece to Constantinople. Return via the Black Sea and the Danube. His important book, The Market of a Poet (1842), was based on this travels.

In 1851, the travelogue "Scenery of Sweden" was published, which was widely acclaimed. In 1863, after an interesting journey, he published another travel journal, Travels in Spain. In 1866, "A Visit to Portugal" was published, describing his experiences when he visited his Portuguese friends Jorge and Jose Onneill.

In the forties of the 19th century, Hans Christian Andersen's attention returned to the theatre, which, although for a short time, awakened his talent and led to the famous essay "The Picture Book Without Paintings" (1840).

Hans Christian Andersen went on to publish many more works, but he still hoped to become a good novelist and playwright. In 1857 he wrote another novel, To Live or To Destroy.

Although Hans Christian Andersen's social status in Denmark was questioned by some in 1845, he was already very popular in Europe.

In June 1847, Andersen made his first visit to England and was socially successful, and when he left, Charles Dickens personally sent him to the Ramsgate docks. Shortly thereafter, Dickens published David Copperfield, in which it is said that the character Uriah Heep was based on Hans Christian Andersen, at least that character is as left-handed as Hans Christian Andersen.

Hans Christian Andersen often fell into unattainable love, and many of the stories he wrote can be interpreted as a reflection of his love. Once, he wrote in his diary

"God Almighty, I only have you, you control my destiny, I can only give myself to you! Give me a life! Give me a bride! My blood needs love, just like my heart!"

When he was young, Andersen fell unrequited in love with a girl named Libao Voith. After Hans Christian Andersen's death, a long letter from Libao was hidden in his closet. He'd been in love with her for decades, and he'd been in love with someone else in the meantime. (To be continued......)