The prolific Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen died 150 years ago, yet fairy tales like "The Little Mermaid" and "The ...

Everyone went quiet; 20 pairs of eyes — thrilled, exhilarated, confused — were turned on me. The teacher led me gently from ...

The short story tells the tale of how a tallow candle seeks help from a tinder box to be able to ignite itself. A senior curator at the Hans Christian Andersen Museum in Odense said the work is ...

The musical, written in English, will tell the story of Andersen waking up inside the fairy-tale world he created. To get back to the real world, he has to interact with his famous creations.

Fairy tale indeed, considering these days’ politics of envy and conspiracies born of frustration of inability to prosper, individually or as a group. Then there is Andersen’s The Snow Queen.

A dedication written on the document later in blue ink reads: “To P Plum from his friend Bunkeflod.” If this is indeed Andersen’s first ever fairy tale, it certainly wasn’t his last.

Andersen's Fairy Tales. Share full article July 23, 1904 The New York Times Archives ...

About the Album: Years after playing the famed fairy-tale creator onscreen, Kaye recorded a much-loved album of Hans Christian Andersen's stories. He also recorded a Grimm collection in the early ...

Andersen's Fairy Tales Hans Christian Andersen. Michael Neugebauer Book, $19.95 (104pp) ISBN 978-0-7358-1394-6 ...

In Copenhagen, where the spirit of Hans Christian Andersen can still be found, fairy tales, Vikings and a countercultural commune all add to the city’s understated charm.

So opens Hans Christian Andersen’s classic tale, soon to arrive in Port Townsend. “The Snow Queen,” starring Rosa Linda Davies, 17, in the title role, opens tonight at the Key City Playhouse, 419 ...