Born in Odense, 1805–1875. Danish maker of literary fairy tales. The Little Mermaid, The Ugly Duckling and The Emperor’s New Clothes turned folk motifs into stories of loneliness, pride and wonder. Children’s literature after him kept that mix of pity and strangeness.
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