HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN -- LIFE & ART, 1805-1875

HANS CHRISTIAN
ANDERSEN
LIFE & ART
1805-1875

Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's best known and most translated authors. The Danish writer is especially famous for his many lovely tales and fairy tales like 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Mermaid.' Andersen considered his own life -- beautiful and exciting as it was -- as a sort of fairy tale.
With his unique abilities and great talent he carved out a most unusual and exciting career for himself, starting out as a poor cobbler's son and ending up as a respected international author who became a European celebrity, courted by princes and kings. His literary work is extremely comprehensive: 175 tales and fairy tales, 800 poems, 6 novels, autobiographies, innumerable travel descriptions, and works for the theatre.
This Odense City Museum's traveling exhibition presents 20 printed panels illustrating the life, career and art of Hans Christian Andersen by means of text and colorful images. The display follows the writer from his birth in Odense in 1805 through his life in Denmark and Europe to his death in Copenhagen in 1875. The back side of the printed panels contain reproductions of his paper cuts, which he created throughout his life.
A multimedia package is included with the Exhibit. It is available on reserve in the Media Materials Services unit of the Holland/New Library (adjacent to the exhibit itself). The multimedia package has special sections for children, as well as recordings of actors reading well-known Andersen fairy tales, songs from the Danny Kaye movie about Andersen's life, and much more.
The Libraries would like to thank Honors Program faculty member Kim Andersen, for arranging to have this traveling exhibit displayed at WSU.

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HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN LIFE & ART 1805-1875
	Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's best known and most translated authors. The Danish writer is especially famous for his many lovely tales and fairy tales like 'The Ugly Duckling' and 'The Little Mermaid.' Andersen considered his own life -- beautiful and exciting as it was -- as a sort of fairy tale. With his unique abilities and great talent he carved out a most unusual and exciting career for himself, starting out as a poor cobbler's son and ending up as a respected international author who became a European celebrity, courted by princes and kings. His literary work is extremely comprehensive: 175 tales and fairy tales, 800 poems, 6 novels, autobiographies, innumerable travel descriptions, and works for the theatre.
This Odense City Museum's traveling exhibition presents 20 printed panels illustrating the life, career and art of Hans Christian Andersen by means of text and colorful images. The display follows the writer from his birth in Odense in 1805 through his life in Denmark and Europe to his death in Copenhagen in 1875. The back side of the printed panels contain reproductions of his paper cuts, which he created throughout his life. A multimedia package is included with the Exhibit. It is available on reserve in the Media Materials Services unit of the Holland/New Library (adjacent to the exhibit itself). The multimedia package has special sections for children, as well as recordings of actors reading well-known Andersen fairy tales, songs from the Danny Kaye movie about Andersen's life, and much more. The Libraries would like to thank Honors Program faculty member Kim Andersen, for arranging to have this traveling exhibit displayed at WSU.
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