You grew up on Andersen – but not these stories. Shutterstock/Clara Miller Burd Hans Christian Andersen is one of Denmark’s most cherished writers – a master of the literary fairy tale whose influence ...

Hans Christian Andersen is well known worldwide among children and adults as the author of fairy tales including The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid and The Emperor's New Clothes. But in Denmark, ...

My Fairytale Life, Nikolaj Arcel's feature biopic of Hans Christian Andersen, is among seven titles that have received support in the inaugural round of funding from Denmark's new production incentive ...

It goes without saying that the history of animation is riddled with groundbreaking developments and touchstone moments that Disney continues to bring to the genre. The multiplane camera brought the ...

‘Andersen shows us that our world is deeper and richer than what we notice at first glance as we look around. He offers us a chance to spellbind the world anew. With the new museum, our starting point ...

Hans Christian Andersen's fairytales (he soon dropped the designation "for children") have captivated generations with their blend of plain language, unbridled imagination and haunting strangeness.

TrustNordisk has acquired international sales rights to My Fairytale Life, the upcoming feature from Nikolaj Arcel (The Promised Land). My Fairytale Life is described as an epic feature film about ...

Scholars in Denmark believe they have found a new tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It's a short story, called "The Tallow Candle." Now to a writer whose exact words may not be remembered, but whose ...

Wirtz Theatre productions at Northwestern University featured a love letter to the art of storytelling on Saturday with the opening of their new musical “Hans Christian Andersen.” This new stage ...

Thousands of people lined the cobblestone streets of fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen's town of birth Saturday to welcome royals, movie stars and actors marking the 200th birthday of the ...

Experts in Denmark believe they have found the first story written by Hans Christian Andersen. The Tallow Candle was discovered by local historian Esben Brage in the dense private archives of the Plum ...

To mark what would have been Hans Christian Andersen's 205th birthday, here are 10 big screen adaptations inspired by the Danish author's work. The Little Mermaid Undoubtedly the most successful ...