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• The German brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm retold and compiled collections of folk tales and fairy tales in the early to mid-nineteenth century as a part of their linguistic research. Many of the fairy tales in their collection still remain popular in today's culture.

• Fast Facts

  1. Born: Jacob-January 4, 1785, Wilhelm-February 24, 1786
  2. Died: Jacob-September 20, 1863, Wilhelm-December 16, 1859
  3. Birthplace: Hanau, Germany
  4. Literary Genre: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales
  5. Contributed great deal to linguistic studies with Grimm's Law
  6. Taught together at University of Gottingen

• The Tales

  The Brothers Grimm began collecting folk tales around 1807, in response to a wave of awakened interest in German folklore that followed the publication of Ludwig Achim von Arnim and Clemens Brentano's folksong collection Des Knaben Wunderhorn. By 1810 the Grimms produced a manuscript collection of several dozen tales, which they had recorded by inviting storytellers to their home and transcribing what they heard. In 1812, the Brothers published a collection of 86 fairy tales in a volume titled Kinder-und Hausmarchen (Grimm's Fairy Tales). A second volume of 70 fairy tales followed in 1814. Together, with the first volume, the first edition of the collection contained 156 stories. A second edition followed in 1822. Five more editions were issued during the Grimms' lifetimes.

• Related Mahalo Pages

  Fairy Tales | Hans Christian Andersen | Hansel and Gretel | Cinderella | Snow White | Puss in Boots | Sleeping Beauty | Rapunzel | Beauty and the Beast

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