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OCR: ndersen Hans hristian: (1805- 1875) One the most successful authors and storytellers of the nineteenth cen- tury Andersen grew up in in Odense Denmark After failing as an actor he toured Europe -assisted by a travel pension from King Frederick VI -collecting descrip tions of his contemporaries. His popularity soared after the publication of Eventyr (1835, collection of tragic and grue sonme fairy tales. Andersen's reputation rested on his ability ta merge observed minutiae with the grotesque uncanni- ness at the folktale Van Gogh avidly read Andersen law- ishly illustrated fairy tale collections and perhaps toak suc- cOr his awn belated artistic career from this late-bloom- ing man of letters Christian poverty Eventy some