"I Belong to the World!" - Hans Christian Andersen's Early European Breakthrough

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This event will feature a talk by Dr Torsten Bøgh Thomsen, the Director of the Hans Christian Andersen Research Centre in Denmark, on the English translations of Andersen’s tales that made him a global celebrity author and one of the most widely translated in history. The novelist, poet, translator and critic, Paul Binding (author of Hans Christian Andersen: European Witness),will contribute an appreciation of Andersen as a novelist. Dr Mads Sohl Jessen, a literary scholar from the Hans Christian Andersen Research Centre, will contribute a discussion of significant British works of visual art that draw on Andersen's stories.

The event will also celebrate that it is 70 years ago that Elias Bredsdorff (1912-2002), a former lecturer in Danish at UCL, published his book, Hans Christian Andersen and England. Honorary Associate Professor in Danish Literature, Tom Lundskær-Nielsen will reflect on Andersen research in the UK and the peculiarities of Andersen’s language. The event will be followed by a reception.

Periode	25. nov. 2024
Begivenhedstitel	Hans Christian Andersen and England
Begivenhedstype	Seminar
Placering	London, StorbritannienVis på kort
Grad af anerkendelse	International