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Capital to mark birthday of Hans Christian Andersen
From: The Scotsman
Date: 20050311
Author:Tim Cornwell Arts Correspondent
EDINBURGH has joined a worldwide celebration of the storyteller Hans Christian Andersen's 200th birthday.
The City Art Centre is to host a major exhibition on the Danish writer in October, with his life story themed around six of his fairytales. This weekend, Edinburgh University hosts a conference on his work. Actor Billy Boyd, writer Dame Muriel Spark and Dame Helena Kennedy, QC, have agreed to be goodwill ambassadors for the celebration.
Danish experts insist that Andersen, born on 2 April 1805, is not just for children. Jacob Olsen, of the Hans Christian Andersen Foundation, said many of ...
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