![]() ![]() ![]() He was banned from writing fiction because it distracted from his studies. The local theater, recognizing Andersen’s talent funded his schooling. He had so little formal education that his spelling and grammar were terrible. For Andersen, “happiness and pain always went hand in hand.”Īfter being rejected as an actor in the local theater, Andersen decided he would write plays. In fact, Andersen would carry the feeling of not fitting in with him all his life, said Lundskær-Nielsen. While Andersen is widely read and translated, his life wasn’t all that happy.Īs a boy, Andersen always felt like an outsider because he preferred reading and theater to playing with boys his age. ![]() “His worldwide fame nowadays is from his fairy tales.” ![]() “What has he done to deserve such fame and attention?” asked Lundskær-Nielsen. Lundskær-Nielsen began by saying that in 2005, celebrations occurred throughout the world for the bicentennial of Andersen’s birth – the celebrations were the largest ever for a literary figure. At a Kennedy Center lecture on the campus of Brigham Young University, Tom Lundskær-Nielsen, senior lecturer at the University College London, explained a modern view of Andersen’s tales – that they’re not only for children. 1, 2014)-Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales aren’t only stories for children. Tom Lundskær-Nielsen, senior lecturer at the University College London, explains the importance of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales beyond mere children’s stories. ![]()
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