Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) aive munyori weDanish, ane mukurumbira wengano dzake. 'Iyo Yakashata Duckling' uye 'The Little Mermaid' ndeemamwe emabasa ake ane mukurumbira.
Kurerwa muhurombo (mhuri yake dzimwe nguva yaimanikidzwa kukumbira), Andersen akatamira kuCopenhagen kubva kuOdense aine makore gumi nemana. Ikoko akaedza kuve muimbi weopera, asi akatadza. Zvisinei, akakwanisa kuita shamwari nemutungamiriri weTeatro Real, aizove shamwari yake kweupenyu hwese.
'Rwendo netsoka kubva kuHolmen canal kuenda kumabvazuva kumabvazuva kweAmager' Yakaburitswa muna 1829, makore maviri mushure mekusiya chikoro cheElsinor, kwaive pakukumbirwa kwaMambo Frederick VI. Ikoko, sekuziva kwaakazoita, akararama makore akasviba uye anorwadza ehupenyu hwake
Iyi ngano yekufungidzira yakawana Andersen kuzivikanwa kwake kwekutanga uye mukana wekuenderera mberi nekufambisa mari dzakabhadharwa (King Frederick VI akava mubatsiri wake) kunyora mabasa matsva, kubvira aive mufambi asingafarire kuti akadhirowa akawanda ezvinyorwa zvake kubva kunzvimbo dzaakashanyira.
Iwo manzwi enhau aionekwa senge iye forte kwechinguva, kudzamara awana svikiro raizoparadza hunyanzvi hwake: ngano, kunyangwe hazvo izvo zvaaida chaizvo zvaizozivikanwa semunyori wenhau uye mutambi wemitambo. Akaburitsa rinenge vhoriyamu imwe yenyaya dzevana pagore, idzo dzakaratidzirwa nekurondedzerwa nezwi rake chairo. Pakupedzisira, zvaizove inozivikanwa semunyori akanakisa weDenmark uye mumwe wevakuru vezvinyorwa zveEuropean nekuda kwepfungwa yake yekufungidzira, kurondedzerwa kwake kune simba, uye nekunzwisisa kwake kukuru.