Hans Christian Andersen: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Biographies and biographical studies include Elias Bredsdorff, Hans Christian Andersen: The Story of His Life and Work, 1805–75 (1975, reissued 1994); Bo Grønbech, Hans Christian Andersen (1980); Jackie Wullschläger, Hans Christian Andersen: The Life of a Storyteller (2000); Jens Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen: A New Life, trans. from Danish by Tiina Nunnally (2005); and Paul Binding, Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness (2014). Sven Hakon Rossel (ed.), Hans Christian Andersen: Danish Writer and Citizen of the World (1996); and Jack Zipes, Hans Christian Andersen: The Misunderstood Storyteller (2005), are volumes of essays. The Annotated Hans Christian Andersen, ed. Maria Tatar (2008), is a critical study carried out through extensive annotations of and other material about a selection of Andersen’s tales.

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Article History

Description	Contributor	Date
Modified link of Web site: BBC - History's Secret Heroes - The Fairytale Life of Hans Christian Andersen.	Aakanksha Gaur	Oct 10, 2026
Anniversary information added.		Jul 31, 2026
Anniversary information added.		Mar 29, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC Radio4 - History's Heroes - How fairy tales changed the fortune of Hans Christian Andersen.	Gloria Lotha	Sep 13, 2025
Add new Web site: BBC - History's Secret Heroes - The Fairytale Life of Hans Christian Andersen.	Gloria Lotha	Mar 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Museum Odense - Hans Christian Andersen: An infectious genius.	Grace Young	Sep 19, 2024
Add new Web site: CORE - Retrospective Analysis of the Hans Christian Andersen's works by Scandinavian Critics: Social Aspect (PDF).	Gloria Lotha	May 09, 2024
First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 12, 2024
Add new Web site: The Hans Christian Andersen Center - Hans Christian Andersen's life and works research, texts and information.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 13, 2023
Links added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 03, 2023
Add new Web site: All Poetry - Biography of Hans Christian Andersen.	Gloria Lotha	May 18, 2023
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Hans Christian Andersen.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 06, 2019
Replaced media.	Amy Tikkanen	Jul 01, 2019
Bibliography revised.	J.E. Luebering	Oct 06, 2017
Article revised.	J.E. Luebering	Sep 29, 2017
Add new Web site: The Literature Network - Biography of Hans Christian Andersen.	Satyavrat Nirala	Apr 15, 2015
Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Biography of Hans Christian Andersen.	Gloria Lotha	Oct 10, 2013
Added "literary" to opening statement: "unique master of the literary fairy tale."	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 14, 2009
Added photograph.	Amy Tikkanen	Aug 14, 2009
Added new Web site: Hans Christian Andersen - Fairy Tales and Stories.	John Higgins	Sep 13, 2006
Added new Web site: The Hans Christian Andersen Center - Hans Christian Andersen's life and works.	Marco Sampaolo	Sep 12, 2006
Added new Web site: The Hans Christian Andersen Center - Hans Christian Andersen's life and works.	Marco Sampaolo	Sep 12, 2006
Added new Web site: Hans Christian Andersen - Fairy Tales and Stories.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 30, 2006
Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jun 27, 2003
Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998