{"id":2549,"date":"2016-04-02T16:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T16:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2549"},"modified":"2017-03-30T09:31:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T09:31:06","slug":"happy-birthday-hans-christian-andersen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/02\/happy-birthday-hans-christian-andersen\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday Hans Christian Andersen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2 April 2017 would have been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/searchresults.php?keywords=hans+christian+andersen\" target=\"_blank\">Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s<\/a> 212th birthday! He is one of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Floris Books&#8217;<\/a> most popular authors (<a href=\"#books\">see below for the books we publish<\/a>), so in celebration, here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the great man.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2555\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Princess+and+the+Pea\/9780863158575\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2555\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2555\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Princess-and-the-Pea.jpg\" alt=\"From The Princess and the Pea, illustrated by Maja Dus\u00edkov\u00e1\" width=\"400\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Princess-and-the-Pea.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Princess-and-the-Pea-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2555\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From The Princess and the Pea, illustrated by Maja Dus\u00edkov\u00e1<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"facts\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Fun facts<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Disney\u2019s popular film <a href=\"http:\/\/frozen.disney.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Frozen<\/em> <\/a>was originally based on Andersen\u2019s short story \u201cThe Snow Queen\u201d. However, changes made during the film\u2019s production resulted in the two bearing little resemblance to each other.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2562\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2562\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hans-christian-anderson-f-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park, New York.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hans-christian-anderson-f-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hans-christian-anderson-f-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/hans-christian-anderson-f.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2562\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hans Christian Andersen statue in Central Park, New York.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Andersen became friends with English author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/history\/historic_figures\/dickens_charles.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Dickens<\/a> in 1847, whom he greatly admired, when the pair met in London. Unfortunately, the friendship did not last after Dickens invited Andersen to stay at his home for two weeks. Andersen proved to be a poor houseguest and overstayed his welcome. He lived with the family for five weeks, despite reports that Dickens politely hinted that he should leave. The friendship never recovered.\n<p><div id=\"attachment_2561\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2561\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1024px-Sculpture_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen_in_odense_harbor_2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hans Christian Andersen statue in Odense harbour\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1024px-Sculpture_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen_in_odense_harbor_2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1024px-Sculpture_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen_in_odense_harbor_2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/1024px-Sculpture_of_Hans_Christian_Andersen_in_odense_harbor_2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2561\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hans Christian Andersen statue in Odense harbour<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>There are many statues commemorating Andersen around the world, including one in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralparknyc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Central Park, New York<\/a>, sitting on a bench with and ugly duckling, and one in Odense where he is submerged up to his shoulders in water!<\/li>\n<li>A $13 million theme park based on Andersen&#8217;s tales opened in Shanghai in 2006.<\/li>\n<li>Some people believe Andersen was an illegitimate son of King Christian VIII of Denmark<\/li>\n<li>He hated school, and later claimed that teachers had discouraged him from writing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_2572\" style=\"width: 256px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Thumbelina\/9781782502456\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2572\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2572\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thumbelina-08-hammock-246x300.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration from Elsa Beskow's version of Thumbelina.\" width=\"246\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thumbelina-08-hammock-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/thumbelina-08-hammock.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2572\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Illustration from Elsa Beskow&#8217;s version of Thumbelina.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a name=\"books\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Books<\/h3>\n<p>Floris Books publishes several beautiful volumes of Hans Christian Andersen\u2019s beloved tales. Click on the covers below for more information and to buy the book.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Thumbelina\/9781782502456\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2550\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2550\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BeskowThumbelina-3d-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"BeskowThumbelina-3d\" width=\"177\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BeskowThumbelina-3d-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/BeskowThumbelina-3d.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 177px) 100vw, 177px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Illustrated+Treasury+of+Hans+Christian+Andersen's+Fairy+Tales\/9781782501183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2552\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2552\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenIllustratedTreasuryofHCA-3d-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"AndersenIllustratedTreasuryofHCA-3d\" width=\"160\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenIllustratedTreasuryofHCA-3d-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenIllustratedTreasuryofHCA-3d.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Princess+and+the+Pea\/9780863158575\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2551\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2551\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenPrincessPea-3d-208x300.jpg\" alt=\"AndersenPrincessPea-3d\" width=\"156\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenPrincessPea-3d-208x300.jpg 208w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/AndersenPrincessPea-3d.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 156px) 100vw, 156px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a name=\"life\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s Life and Work<\/h3>\n<p>Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish poet, novelist, and playwright best known for his children\u2019s fairy tales. He was born on 2 April 1805 in Odense, Denmark and was the only child born to a poor family. At the age of 14, Andersen travelled to Copenhagen to become an actor and was accepted to the Royal Danish Theatre because of his superb soprano voice. Jonas Collin, the theatre\u2019s director and Andersen\u2019s patron, would eventually encourage Andersen to pursue writing.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2556\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Illustrated+Treasury+of+Hans+Christian+Andersen's+Fairy+Tales\/9781782501183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2556\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2556\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Emperors-New-Clothes-300x164.jpg\" alt=\"From the Emperor's New Clothes, illustration by Anastasiya Archipova\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Emperors-New-Clothes-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Emperors-New-Clothes.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From the Emperor&#8217;s New Clothes, illustration by Anastasiya Archipova<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After achieving some success publishing novels and short stories, Andersen released\u00a0 <em>Fairy Tales<\/em> in 1835. While this collection is comprised of stories beloved today such as \u201cThe Little Mermaid\u201d, \u201cThe Princess and the Pea\u201d, and \u201cThe Emperor\u2019s New Clothes\u201d, the book did not receive immediate recognition or success. Despite this, he followed up <em>Fairy Tales<\/em> with 1838\u2019s <em>Fairy Tales Told for Children<\/em>. In 1845, Andersen began to enjoy critical success as a children\u2019s author when his fairy tales were translated and \u201cThe Little Mermaid\u201d was featured in <em>Bentley\u2019s Miscellany<\/em>, a popular English literary magazine. In addition to his other works, he continued writing fairy tale collections throughout his life and penned over 200 tales in 38 collections.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2557\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/book\/Hans-Christian-Andersen\/Illustrated+Treasury+of+Hans+Christian+Andersen's+Fairy+Tales\/9781782501183\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2557\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2557\" src=\"http:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Little-Mermaid-300x288.jpg\" alt=\"From The Little Mermaid, illustration by Anastasiya Archipova\" width=\"300\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Little-Mermaid-300x288.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Little-Mermaid.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From The Little Mermaid, illustration by Anastasiya Archipova<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hans Christian Andersen died on 4 August 1875. An internationally successful writer at the time of his death, he remains among the most celebrated children\u2019s authors of all time and is considered a national treasure by the Danish government. His fairy tales have been translated into over 125 languages and continue to inspire books, television, theatre, and film today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer; top: 585px; left: 773px;\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 April 2017 would have been Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s 212th birthday! He is one of Floris Books&#8217; most popular authors (see below for the books we publish), so in celebration, here&#8217;s everything you need to know about the great man. Fun facts Disney\u2019s popular film Frozen was originally based on Andersen\u2019s short story \u201cThe Snow [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[396,13,398],"tags":[405,400,155,34,399,403,401,404,402],"class_list":["post-2549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-authors","category-childrens-books","category-hans-christian-andersen-authors","tag-anastasiya-archipova","tag-biography","tag-elsa-beskow","tag-fairy-tales","tag-hans-christian-andersen","tag-the-emperors-new-clothes","tag-the-little-mermaid","tag-the-princess-and-the-pea","tag-thumbelina","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy Birthday Hans Christian Andersen - Floris Books Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.florisbooks.co.uk\/blog\/2016\/04\/02\/happy-birthday-hans-christian-andersen\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy Birthday Hans Christian Andersen - Floris Books Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"2 April 2017 would have been Hans Christian Andersen&#8217;s 212th birthday! 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