Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's storiesincluding "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling." But he didn't just write short stories, and his intended audience wasn't restricted to children. In addition to his fairy tales, Andersen wrote poems, plays, novels, travel books, essays, and more. He hungered for recognition at home (Denmark) and abroad-and he got it! Eventually. Today, his stories can be read in over one hundred languages. But no matter what language they're in, Andersen's tales have got something for everyone. In them, you'll find beauty, tragedy, nature, religion, artfulness, deception, betrayal, love, death, judgment, penance, and-occasionally-a happy ending. They're complex tales, but since Andersen himself was pretty complex, we like to think that art imitates life. Or something like that. "The Wild Swans" is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princesswho rescues her eleven brothers from a spell cast by an evil queen. Includes vintage illustration!
Sobre o autor(a)
Andersen, Hans Christian
foi um escritor e poeta dinamarquês de histórias infantis.
Em vida, escreveu peças de teatro, canções patrióticas, contos, histórias, e, principalmente, contos de fadas, pelos quais é mundialmente conhecido.[3] Desde o século XIX, seus contos já foram traduzidos para mais de 125 idiomas[4] e inspiraram inúmeras peças de dramaturgia, óperas, sinfonias e filmes.
Desde 1956, a organização não-governamental suíça International Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) concede o Hans Christian Andersen Award,[5] um prêmio literário batizado em homenagem ao autor, e que é considerado o "Prêmio Nobel da literatura infanto-juvenil". |