Andersen was born in a poor family in Odenzhai, Denmark on April 2, 185. His father was a shoemaker and his mother was a washerwoman. He was born in a humble and poor family. The bed where Andersen slept in his childhood turned out to be an abandoned coffin.

Odenzhai is a small closed town, where people firmly believe in God, witches and all the mysterious legends. Such a growing environment filled his childhood with dreamy myths.

When he was six years old, he imagined himself as a nobleman, and Sarah, a girl at school, as a princess in a fairy tale. He told Sarah that he would take her to his castle when he grew up.

except for imagination, Andersen is a lonely child who seldom plays with his peers. He often hides at home and listens to his father tell him the story of "Arabian Nights". Sometimes, he makes clothes for dolls himself and lets them perform on the stage. Later, he was intoxicated by Shakespeare's plays and began to want to create his own plays.

He once said, "When I become great, I must praise Oden Zhai. Who knows, I won't be a wonder of this noble city? At that time, in some geography books, under the name of Odenzhai, there will be such a line: a lanky Danish poet Andersen was born here. "

Andersen wanted to be an actor, a poet and a playwright, but disappointment came one after another, which hit his dream.

Andersen is ugly, tall and thin, with dark skin, so he always has a deep sense of inferiority, especially in front of women. At first, he had a lover named Libog vogt. Andersen described the girl as "a lovely and pious face, quite childish, but judging from her eyes, she was smart and thoughtful. Those eyes were brown and very vivid."

Andersen was unmarried all his life. When he died, people found a leather bag around his neck, which contained a letter from Libog vogt.

Andersen's life is lonely and sensitive. He is very insecure and has been suffering from various phobias. Because he is afraid of fire, he always carries a rope so that he can escape from the hotel quickly in case of fire.

He also thought that he would fall into a coma and be buried while he was alive. Therefore, he asked his friend to swear that he must put it in the coffin when he was confirmed to be completely dead.

when he is old, he will feel sleepy after writing for a long time. He was afraid that others would mistake him for dead and bury him alive. He always put a note in his pocket and hat, which said, "If you find me unconscious, don't think I'm dead without a doctor's examination."

When traveling abroad, every night before going to bed, Andersen would put a note on the bedside to remind others that he was just asleep, "Andersen, there is a head that looks like a dead one-it's not dead".

on August 4th, 1875, he died of liver cancer at the age of 7.

Andersen wrote countless fairy tales, and those sad stories flowed from the pen of such a lonely old man, which made people feel sad and bitter about his life.