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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 2000
Page
21
The article recounts Hans Christian Andersen life from Odense Denmark born 1805 to poverty and early hardship. It notes his failed early careers and eventual fame through 156 fairy tales which outshone his plays poems and travel books.
The author proposed to several women who rejected him. He died in 1875 with a letter from his first love unread, burned as he wished. His lonely life echoes the Ugly Duckling, yet he produced some of the era’s most magical tales.
An illustrated retelling of Anderson's mermaid who wishes to become human, drawn by Charles Santore. The tale remains a step in the lineage that includes the well known Walt Disney film adaptation.
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