Friday, 7 February 2020

Hans Christian Andersen: where has he gone?

Because a new translation of all of Andersen's (fairy)tales is being prepared by the Hans Christian Andersen Centre in Odense, which is part of the University of Southern Denmark, I have removed all translations I have done and shown on the blog. They were draft versions only, and the plan is that the final versions, after having been discussed with a panel of experts, will finally be made digitally available on a website, alongside the Danish originals. So be patient!

In the meantime, here is an Andersen poem that expresses congenial sentiments:


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