![]() His first small book of fairy tales became popular almost immediately, and from then on his fame grew rapidly, spreading from country to country. It was not until he was 30 that he wrote any fairy tales. After his schooling, Andersen spent many years traveling and writing poems, books, and plays, which met with some success. Many people of the theater and wealthy families of the city tried to help him, without much success. In 1819, Andersen moved to the capital city of Copenhagen, where he hoped to become an actor in the Royal Theater. His father, who died when Andersen was 11, entertained him with old Danish legends and stories from The Arabian Nights. ![]() His parents were poor his father worked as a shoemaker and his mother was a washerwoman. Bioghraphy Andersen was born on April 2, 1805, in Odense, Denmark.
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