"Det døende barn (Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove)" [Danish title] is number 1507 in the Hans Christian Andersen Center's register of Andersen's literary works, i.e. no. 7 in the category poems (the range 1501 - 2900). BFN 13.
"Det døende barn (Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove)" [Danish title] was first published 25 September 1827, cf. the bibliographic description (in Danish) in : Digterens danske Værker 1822-1875, number in bibliography: 13:
Det døende Barn, af H - - (Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove).
(Bibliografisk kilde: HCAH 1980/1683)
ISBN: 87-11-11339-1
Show this work in its context: all new Andersen publications from 1827.
Editions
The work was published later (2 January 1830) as a part of Digte [Danish title]. (Number 1301. BFN 51. Category/genre: Collection of poems).
Later edition: October 2000: Det døende barn (Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove) (BFN ).
The Hans Christian Andersen library (bibliographies):
Links
- The Dying Child in Danish, French and German
- Andersen's poem "The Dying Child" is published on an american website as a comfort for people who have lost loved ones because of meningitis. On the website the author of the poem is "unknown".
- The year 1827 in the timetable Life and Works
- Review of Det døende barn (Moder, jeg er træt, nu vil jeg sove)
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