安徒生(1805-1875),丹麦作家,世界文学童话创始人。他出生于一个贫苦的鞋匠家庭,早年在慈善学校读过书,当过学徒工。受父亲和民间口头文学的影响,自幼酷爱文学。1816年,父亲病逝, 母亲改嫁,为追求文学艺术,他14岁便只身到哥本哈根求学。大学毕业后他始终没有工作,主要靠稿费维持生活。1829年,他的第一部重要作品《1828和1829年从霍尔门运河至阿迈厄岛东角步行记》问世,他由此得到社会的初步承认。安徒生终生未娶,1875年8月4日病逝于朋友家中。 Andersen (1805-1875), Danish writer, founder of the world literature fairy tale. Born in a poor shoemaker family, he was educated in charity early in his career as an apprentice. Under the influence of my father and folk oral literature, I was fond of literature. In 1816, his father died, mother remarried, in pursuit of literature and art, he was only 14 years old to study in Copenhagen. After graduating from college, he always had no job and mainly lived on royalties. In 1829, his first major work, “The Walk of the Horse from the Hall of Fame to the East Point of Amager in 1828 and 1829,” came out and he gained initial social recognition. Andersen never marry life, August 4, 1875 died of a friend’s home.