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Hans Christian Andersen, also named Hans , a famous writer from Europe, also a stepsister named Karen, was born in Odense, Denmark on 2 April 1805. Elders maintained a higher status and his father considered himself related to nobility (his paternal grandmother had told his father that their family had belonged to a higher social class.). Although it has been challenged, a persistent speculation, also supported by thinkers and historians like Danish historian Jens Jørgensen, suggests that Andersen was an illegitimate son of King Christian VIII. The creator of hundreds of fantastic stories was baptised on 15 April 1805 in Saint Hans Church (St John's Church) in Odense, Denmark. His certificate of birth was not drafted until November 1823, according to which six Godparents were present at the baptising ceremony: Madam Sille Marie Breineberg, Maiden Friederiche Pommer, shoemaker Peder Waltersdorff, journeyman carpenter Anders Jørgensen, hospital porter Nicolas Gomard, and royal hatter Jens Henrichsen Dorch.
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At fourteen, he moved to Copenhagen to seek employment as an actor. Having an excellent soprano voice, he was accepted into the Royal Danish Theatre, but his voice soon changed. A colleague at the theatre told him that he considered Andersen a poet. Taking the suggestion seriously, Andersen began to focus on writing. Jonas Collin, director of the Royal Danish Theatre, held great affection for Andersen and sent him to a grammar school in Slagelse, persuading King Frederick VI to pay part of the youth's education. Andersen had by then published his first story, "The Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave" (1822). It was the beginning of the journey which took momentum as his writings started getting space in weekly and dailies.
After receiving a travel grant from Prince Anderson started travelling frequently and moved across different parts of Europe. It enabled him to collect lot of background materials for writing fictions. His writings appreciated with mixed impression at the initial and gradually took momentum in due course of time. Anderson also preferred writing stories for children and young adult fellows. A collection of nine fairy tales of the fellow writer were published in different instalments between May 1935 and April 1937. “The Tinder Box”, “The Princess and the Pea” and “Little Ida’s Flowers” are some of the markeable creations. Third booklet containing “The Little Mermaid” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes” was published on 7th April 1837. Mermaid was the exclusive character created by H. C. Anderson. During third publication the fellow author revised the concluding part of the story in a different angle. Anderson’s most of the creations were meant primarily to amuse rather than to educate neo literates and teenagers. It was also meant for making the ward involved in regular studies. Anderson also published other famous creations and Travel documents meant specially for youths. Anderson was greatly moved by works of Charles Dickens. Both the authors respected each other most. They were also loyal to each other’s works.
