I shouted, “Hans Christen Anderson! Yes I know him. I used to read his story books in my childhood which my father brought for me. I like his stories”...I took out my story books from cupboard to see. I read all these again. These are so interesting that’s why I felt that I m reading these first time.
Hans Christian Andersen really deserves it, to remember him even after 135 years of his death. That’s why Google set homepage to Hans Christian Anderson to tribute him.
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author and poet noted for his children's stories. These include "The Steadfast Tin Soldier", "The Snow Queen", "The Little Mermaid", "Thumbelina", "The Little Match Girl", and "The Ugly Duckling".
His poetry and story books have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures, plays, ballets, and animated films.In the English-speaking world, his stories such as "Thumbelina", "The Snow Queen", "The Ugly Duckling", "The Little Mermaid", "The Emperor's New Clothes", and "The Princess and the Pea" remain popular and are widely read. "The emperor's new clothes" and "ugly duckling" have both passed into the English language as well-known expressions.
In the Copenhagen harbor there is a statue of The Little Mermaid, placed in honor of Hans Christian Andersen. April 2, Andersen's birthday, is celebrated as International Children's Book Day. The year 2005 was the bicentenary of Andersen's birth and his life and work was celebrated around the world.
In the United States, statues of Hans Christian Andersen may be found in Central Park, New York, and in Solvang, California. The Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division holds a unique collection of Andersen materials bequeathed by the Danish-American actor Jean Hersholt.Of particular note is an original scrapbook Andersen prepared for the young Jonas Drewsen.
In the city of Lublin, Poland is the Puppet & Actor Theatre of Hans Christian Andersen.
A $13-million theme park based on Andersen's tales and life opened in Shanghai at the end of 2006. Multi-media games as well as all kinds of cultural contests related to the fairy tales are available to visitors. He was chosen as the star of the park because he is a "nice, hardworking person who was not afraid of poverty", Shanghai Gujin Investment general manager Zhai Shiqiang was quoted by the AFP news agency as saying.
In the spring of 1872, Andersen fell out of bed and was severely hurt. He never fully recovered, but he lived until August 4, 1875, dying of insidious causes in a house called Rolighed , near Copenhagen, the home of his close friends Moritz Melchior, a banker, and his wife.Shortly before his death, he had consulted a composer about the music for his funeral, saying: "Most of the people who will walk after me will be children, so make the beat keep time with little steps."His body was interred in the Assistens Kirkegård in the Nørrebro area of Copenhagen.
