Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen by Gustav Borgen
Born	Henrik Johan Ibsen (1828-03-20)20 March 1828 Skien, Grenland, Norway
Died	23 May 1906(1906-05-23) (aged 78) Kristiania, Norway (modern Oslo)
Occupation	Writer
Language	Norwegian
Nationality	Norwegian
Genre	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.