Growth period

On April 2, 1805, Andersson was born in Odense, Denmark. His father was a shoemaker, sick and weak. His father, a few years old, was a washer. The family lived in a narrow small house. Under the free educational environment of his parents, especially the encouragement of his mother, Andersen demonstrated his imaginative talent early in life. He set up a tower of toys at home and made clothes for his dolls, while he also read all the theatrical scripts that could be borrowed, including the works of Ludvig Holberg and William Shakespeare. Later he even wrote all the scripts of Shakespeare [source request].

After the death of Anthony¡¯s father in 1816, he left all his shoe-making tools to Anthony¡¯s. Anthony also left his school at home. During this time, he worked as a trainee at the weaving and sewing factory, worked at a cigarette factory, and there was a rumor that his colleagues shouted that he was a girl, and took off his trousers. It was confirmed that on Easter in 1819, Anthony began to consider his future at the St. Knout Cathedral in Odense, northern Denmark. Because he wanted to become an opera singer, he went to Copenhagen in September 1819, and was hired by the Royal Theatre of Denmark because of the sound; but soon afterwards his voice was broken and lost. It was pointed out that he was a madman at the original theatre, so he was cold and even starved.

However, he was helped by musicians Christopher Weyse and Siboni, and later by poet Frederik Hoegh Guldberg (1771¨C1852). Although the singer¡¯s dream was broken, he was still accepted as a dancer by the Royal Theatre of the Netherlands. At the same time he began to write. As he later became lazy, he gradually lost the love of Frederik Hoegh Guldberg for him; but then Anthony began to get the help of the director of the Royal Theatre, Jonas Collin, who later became lifelong friends.

When King Frederick VI became interested in this strange boy, he decided to send his children to the Slagelse Grammar School for a few years. Prior to his departure, Anderson published his first book, Ghost at Palnatoke's Grave (1822). Prior to 1827, this unwilling afterlife, first stayed at Slagelse and then went to another school in Elsinore. He still performed strangely and disagreeably in the school, and his teachers often blamed him. He later said these years were the darkest and most painful periods of his life. Finally, Colin finally graduated.