US EditionProfessor: It's Time to Look at h.c. Andersen with Different Eyes
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Today marks 150 years since Denmark's world-famous fairy tale author died. In a new book, literature professor Anne-Marie Mai looks at H.C. Andersen with fresh eyes to see how he affects our culture today.
On 4 August 1875 Hans Christian Andersen, a sacred monster of Danish literature, author of the Little Mermaid, the Snow Queen and the Little Matching Daughter, disappeared. At 11:04 a.m. on Monday, Danish churches carilloned in his memory. A series of demonstrations, programmed under the name Andersen Forever, are scheduled until autumn to celebrate the writer.
Churches across the country mark the death of H.C. Andersen with a carillon concert.
It has been 150 years since the death of Danish author and poet H.C. Andersen. Church bells in fifty churches in Denmark and the Nordic countries rang this morning to remember him. The church bells rang at 11:04 Danish time, the hour when Andersen died on August 4, 1875, at the age of 70. The event is part of the Andersen Forever project, organized by the Odense Tourist Office, where Andersen was born. The project is about honoring the life and …
Denmark commemorated the 150th anniversary of Hans Christian Andersen's death on Monday. Church bells in many locations across the country rang simultaneously, punctuated by songs he wrote, as a tribute to the world-famous fairy tale writer.
Holstebro: At 11:04 you should listen carefully if you pass the city's large church.
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