The Best Stories of Hans Christian Andersen

A selection of the most representative stories of Hans Christian Andersen in a carefully prepared edition which conserves all the spontaneity of the originals and is illustrated by Jordi Vila i Delclòs. The illustrations are both lyrical and realistic and are characterised by their precision and by how faithfully they capture the atmosphere. This is a collection of popular stories that elevates them to the level of universal classics.

Author: Albert Jané
Biography: Albert Jané was born in Barcelona in 1930. He became known especially as a grammarian and populariser of Catalan language subjects and as a translator and adaptor of illustrated histories and stories aimed at children and young people. A large part of this activity took place in the magazine Cavall Fort, of which he was director until his retirement in 1997 and to which he still contributes. He has adapted into Catalan some of the most important European comic series (Jan i Trancapins, Els barrufets, Gil Pupil-la, Aquil-les Taló, Benet Tallaferro, Estefi, Corto Maltese...) and translated, among many other texts, Pinocchio by Collodi and the fairy tales of Perrault, the Brothers Grimm and Andersen. His adaptation of Homer's Odyssey won him the ‘Serra d'Or’ critics' prize in 2009. He has been a member of the Philological Section of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans since 200.

Prize of Honour of Catalan Letters 2024.

Illustrator: Jordi Vila
Biography: He was born in Barcelona in 1966. He studied drawing at the Escola d'Arts i Oficis, Llotja (The Llotja School of Art and Occupation) as well as music and percussion (he plays the vibraphone in jazz groups). He started work as an illustrator in 1988 and since that time he has illustrated text-books, children's stories and novels for the most prestigious publishers and magazines. He also works in other areas of illustration, working usually with graphic designers, architects, producers and theatre companies. The edition of Trafalgar which he illustrated was voted the best-edited book (2003) and with Paper Diari (Daily Paper) he won the Sant Joan de Deu Prize.

Age: From 6 years

224 pages. Hardcover. 25,3 x 19,2 cm