Interesting facts about Andersen Is a great opportunity to learn more about the work of the Danish writer. He wrote hundreds of works that are still very popular today. He is the author of such famous fairy tales as "The Ugly Duckling", "Flame", "Thumbelina", "The Princess and the Pea" and many others.
So, here are the most interesting facts about Andersen.
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) - children's writer, poet and novelist.
- Andersen grew up and was raised in a poor family. At the age of 14, he decided to leave his parents and go to Copenhagen to get an education.
- The classic was never married and had no children, although he always had the desire to start a family.
- Did you know that Andersen wrote with gross grammatical errors until the end of his life? For this reason, he used the services of a proofreading agency.
- Hans Christian Andersen had an autograph of Alexander Pushkin (see interesting facts about Pushkin).
- Andersen was often troubled by deep depression. On such days, he went to visit friends and began to complain about his life. And when he did not find them at home, the writer left a note claiming that he was being avoided and therefore he was leaving to die.
- Andersen maintained friendly relations with Princess Dagmara, the future wife of Alexander III.
- During the Soviet era, Andersen was the most published foreign writer. The circulation of his books was about 100 million copies.
- An interesting fact is that Andersen always carried a rope with him, because he was afraid to die during a fire. He reassured himself that if a fire caught him on a high floor, he would be able to climb down the rope.
- The writer never had his own home, as a result of which he usually lived with friends or in hotels.
- Andersen did not like to sleep on the bed because he believed that he would die on it. It is curious that later he really died from injuries sustained after falling out of bed.
- Hans Christian Andersen did not like a sedentary lifestyle, preferring travel to it. Over the years of his life, he visited about 30 countries.
- Among all his works, Andersen liked The Little Mermaid the most.
- Andersen kept a diary in which, among other things, he wrote down his love experiences.
- An opera based on Andersen's fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" was written to music by Sergei Prokofiev (see interesting facts about Prokofiev).
- In 1956, a literary prize was established. Hans Christian Andersen for the best works for children, awarded every 2 years.
- Andersen dreamed of becoming an actor, playing secondary characters in the theater.
- The classic wrote many novels and plays, trying in vain to gain fame as a playwright and novelist. He was very upset that in the literary world he was only known as a children's writer.
