Fables for technologists by Hans Christian Andersen.(birthday celebration)(Column)

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Date: 20051001
Author:Bjorner, Susanne

Two stellar anniversaries are shaping my two home countries in Europe this year. Spain is celebrating the 400th anniversary of the first publication of volume one of Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote de la Mancha. Denmark is observing the 200th anniversary of the birth of Hans Christian Andersen, world-renowned writer of fairy tales. Both events spawn significant events in the worlds of book publishing, performing arts, travel and tourism, and national image-building.

I was in Copenhagen on April 2 for the observation of Andersen's birthday. A top PR firm had worked for over a ...

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