Here is the English translation of the given content: "Challenge the Literati in Wisdom - Brainpower Steps Up"

Author: Zeng Xiaofeng
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Do you know who Hans Christian Andersen is? Right, he is the very famous Danish fairy tale master. Now, let's compete in intelligence with him, solve riddles, guess the fun and informative questions, and see who will win first. Fun and brain-teasing—join the activity quickly! Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) was a famous Danish fairy tale writer, known as the "King of Fairy Tales." Born into a cobbler's family, his mother was a laundress. Although the family was very poor, his parents gave him all their love. His father loved literature and read to him every day, also made many little wooden puppets for him to play with—kings, queens, princes, princesses. Little Andersen often used them to arrange interesting little stories and performed them for his parents, bringing much joy to the family. At the age of 11, his father passed away. When Andersen was 14, he came to the capital, Copenhagen, alone. Here, he eagerly read the works of literary masters like Shakespeare and made friends with many famous writers in the city, which made him develop a growing interest in history. He began writing poems and showed them to authoritative figures for advice, later trying his hand at writing plays. Due to having only attended primary school for two years, his early plays seemed quite naive. At this time, a theater manager named Colin discovered the spark of genius in his scripts and sent him to a secondary school. Andersen cherished this hard-won opportunity to study, while also continuing his literary creations. After six years of diligent study, he graduated from the University of Copenhagen with excellent grades. Andersen loved children very much, so he decided to write fairy tales for them. His fairy tales were loved by children as soon as they were published. However, the adults in Denmark thought he was foolish and even criticized him. But Andersen said: "Children are the flowers and future of the nation, and writing for them is a joyful thing." Therefore, Andersen insisted on writing for children. In nearly forty years, he wrote a total of 168 fairy tales, which were loved by people all over the world. P1-2