Hans Christian Andersen is a world-renowned author from Denmark. He was born in 1805 on a Danish island. He is known for his many famous fairy tales, including "The Little Mermaid," "The Ugly Duckling," "The Snow Queen," and "The Emperor's New Clothes," among many others. Many of his fairy tales and stories have later been turned into movies and have inspired other novels, stories, and characters in movies and books. H.C. Andersen was the most important person in Denmark’s golden age, which refers to the cultural and artistic period from circa 1800-1864. In his lifetime, he wrote more than 1000 poems and approximately 200 fairy tales, along with plays, novels, hymns, and travelogues. He was in love many times, with both women and men, but never married. In 1875, he passed away from liver cancer. To this day, people still read his stories, visit the museum made to honor his works, go by his grave in Denmark, and enjoy anything he has helped create.