童话之父

张超++寇爱民

Hans Christian Andersen was the most famous writer in Denmark. His stories have attracted many young readers around the world and many of his works are still popular today.

汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生是丹麦最著名的作家，他的童话故事吸引了世界上许多小读者，他的许多作品至今仍脍炙人口。

Hans Christian Andersen was born in Odense， Denmark in 1805. His family was poor and he had a hard childhood. His father was a poor shoe-maker and his mother washed clothes for others for a living.

1805年，汉斯·克里斯蒂安·安徒生出生在丹麦欧登塞小镇。他家境贫寒，童年十分悲惨。父亲是一个穷鞋匠，母亲靠洗衣服维持生计。

Andersen received little early formal education because of poor family. When he was eleven years old， his father died and the boy had to leave school and was forced to start working. From then on， he spent a lot of time making theatre toys and puppets1. For a time， he also worked as a tailor2， and then in a tobacco3 factory. During this period， he read as many books as he could. At the age of 14， he moved to Copenhagen to become a singer. Afterwards， Andersen began his writing career4 by writing plays and poems for a local magazine. Anderson published5 his first tale in 1835， and continued writing until he died. Andersens words are simple and humorous. The stories became popular in the early 1840s， and made Andersen more and more famous.

由于家境贫寒，安徒生从小没有受过正规教育。他11岁时，父亲去世了，他只好辍学，被迫开始工作。从那以后，他花大量时间制作剧院玩具和木偶。他曾一度以裁缝师为职，之后又在烟草工厂上班。在此期间，他尽量博览众书。14岁时，他搬到了哥本哈根，并成为了一名歌手。此后，安徒生借由帮一家当地的杂志撰写剧本和诗歌而开始他的写作生涯。1835年，安徒生发表了他的第一篇童话，自此他不停地写作，直至去世。他的作品语言简单、幽默。19世纪40年代，安徒生的童话开始广为流传，其声望越来越高。

Andersen was not only a fair tale writer but a poet， a play writer and a traveler. There were total 168 fairy tales written by Andersen in his nearly 40 years. Andersens representative6 works contained Thumbelina， The Emperors New Clothes， The Daughter of the Sea， The Wild Swans， A Little Match Girl， and The Ugly Duckling and so on. They have been translated7 into more than 150 languages and are deeply loved by readers throughout the world. His works influenced the children so strong that his literary8 figure9， the Mermaids statue10， still stands by the sea at Copenhagen port as the symbol of Denmark.

安徒生不仅是一位童话作家，也是一位诗人、剧作家和旅行家。他在近40年的岁月里，共计写了168篇童话。安徒生的代表作品有：《拇指姑娘》、《国王的新装》、《海的女儿》、《野天鹅》、《卖火柴的小女孩》、《丑小鸭》等。这些作品被译成150多种文字，深受全世界读者的喜爱。安徒生的作品对孩子们的影响巨大，他的文学形象——美人鱼的雕像至今还屹立在哥本哈根港口的海边，成为丹麦的标志。

Andersen was considered as a master of the fairy tales in the 19th century. He died of cancer in 1875， at the age of 70.

安徒生被认为是19世纪的童话大师。1875年安徒生死于癌症，享年70岁。endprint