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Henrik Ibsen by Gustav Borgen
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Born | Henrik Johan Ibsen 20 March 1828 Skien, Grenland, Norway |
Died | 23 May 1906 Kristiania, Norway (modern Oslo) |
(aged 78)
Occupation | Writer |
Language | Norwegian |
Nationality | Norwegian |
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Naturalism Realism |
Notable works |
Peer Gynt (1867) A Doll's House (1879) Ghosts (1881) An Enemy of the People (1882) The Wild Duck (1884) Hedda Gabler (1890) |
Spouse | Suzannah Thoresen (m. 1858) |
Children | Sigurd Ibsen |
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Henrik Johan Ibsen (/ˈɪbsən/;Norwegian: [ˈhɛnɾɪk ˈɪpsən]; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Pillars of Society, The Lady from the Sea, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder and John Gabriel Borkman. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century.