This year is the 139 anniversary of Andersen， father of fairy tale. He passed away on August 4th， 1875， at the age of 70.

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish fairy tale writer and poet noted for his children’s stories. These include The Steadfast Tin Soldier， The Snow Queen， The Little Mermaid， Thumbelina， The Little Match Girl， and The Ugly Duckling.

During his lifetime he was acclaimed for having delighted children worldwide. His poetry and stories have been translated into more than 150 languages. They have inspired motion pictures， plays， ballets， and animated films.

Born in the small town of Odense， Denmark in 1805， Andersen’s life was not easy. His father was a sickly man and his mother washed clothing for a living. His mother wasn’t highly educated， she introduced Andersen to folklore. This encouraged his love of stories， plays， and the theater at a young age. These hobbies， which were combined with Andersen’s love of literature， eventually helped him become a famous writer.

Andersen was forced to start working after his father passed away in 1816. For a time， he worked as a tailor， and then in a tobacco factory. At 14， he moved to Copenhagen to become a singer. However， after his voice changed， a director at the Royal Theater arranged for Andersen to go back to school. Andersen began his writing career by writing plays and poems for a local journal.

Then， in 1835， Andersen broke into novel writing with The Improvisator. The plot of this novel is the basis of many of Andersen’s works. In general， Andersen’s stories are mostly about a main character who has to face many problems while he or she is pursuing happiness. Despite his success in novel writing， it was children’s tales that eventually brought Hans Christian Andersen fame.

今年（2014年）是“童話之父”安徒生去世139周年。他于1875年8月4日逝世，享年70歲。

漢斯·克里斯蒂·安徒生是一位丹麥童話作家和詩人，以其童話作品聞名于世。代表作有《小錫兵》《冰雪女王》《小美人魚》《拇指姑娘》《賣火柴的小女孩》《丑小鴨》等。

安徒生因為“給全世界的孩子帶來歡樂”而被高度贊揚。他的作品已經(jīng)被翻譯為150多種語言。安徒生童話故事還激發(fā)了大量電影，舞臺劇，芭蕾舞劇以及電影動畫的制作。

安徒生在1805年出生于丹麥的歐登賽小鎮(zhèn)，那時的他日子過得并不好。父親體弱多病，而母親則靠洗衣服維持家計。安徒生的母親沒受過高等教育，她帶給安徒生許多民間傳說。這使得他在小小年紀就熱愛故事、劇本和戲劇。這些愛好與安徒生對文學(xué)的熱愛相互結(jié)合，最終助他成為著名作家。

安徒生的父親于1816年過世，那時他便被迫開始工作。他曾一度以裁縫師為職，之后又在煙草工廠工作。14歲時，他搬到哥本哈根，成為一位歌手。不過在安徒生變聲之后，皇家劇院的一位導(dǎo)演便安排安徒生回到學(xué)校讀書。安徒生為當?shù)匾患译s志社撰寫劇本和詩作，從而開始了他的寫作生涯。

1835年，安徒生以《即興詩人》一書進入小說領(lǐng)域。這本小說的情節(jié)是安徒生許多作品的基礎(chǔ)。大致上，安徒生的故事都描述主角在追逐幸福的途中面臨了許多困難。盡管在小說寫作上頗為成功，但最終帶給安徒生榮譽的還是童話故事。