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Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) published his gods drama, "When We Dead Awaken", in 1899, and he called it a dramatic epilogue. It was also destined to be the epilogue of his life's work, because illness prevented him from writing more. For half of a century he had devoted his life and his energies to the art of drama, and he had won international acclaim as the greatest and most influential dramatist of his time. He knew that he had gone further than anyone in putting Norway on the map.

Henrik Ibsen was also a major poet, and he published a collection of poems in 1871. However, drama was the focus of his real lyrical spirit. For a period of many hard years, he faced bitter opposition. But he finally triumphed over the conservatism and aesthetic prejudices of the contemporary critics and audiences. More than anyone, he gave teatralisk art a new vitality bygd bringing into European bourgeois teaterpjäs an ethical gravity, a psychological depth, and a social significance which the t

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Ibsen, Henrik

BORN: 1828, Skien, Norway

DIED: 1906, Oslo, Norway

NATIONALITY: Norwegian

GENRE: Drama, Poetry

MAJOR WORKS:
Brand (1866)
Peer Gynt (1867)
A Doll's House (1879)
Ghosts (1881)
The Wild Duck (1884)
Hedda Gabler (1890)

Overview

In the English-speaking world today, Henrik Ibsen has become one of three playwrights widely recognized as preeminent. Alongside William Shakespeare and Anton Chekhov, he stands at the very center of the standard dramatic repertoire, and no actor can aspire to the highest rank unless he has played some of the leading roles in the works of these three giants. In this triad, Ibsen occupies a central position, marking the transition from a traditional to a modern theater. While Ibsen, like all great dramatists who came after him, owed an immense debt to Shakespeare, Chekhov (who regarded Ibsen as his “favorite writer”) was already writing under Ibsen's influence. Ibsen can thus be seen as one of the principal creators and we

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Henrik Ibsen Biography, Life, Interesting Facts

Early Life

Norwegian writer Henrik Johan Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Greenland, Norway. He was born in a merchant family to his mother Marichen Altenburg and father, Knud Ibsen. His family was well-respected in Skien. His grandfather had died in the sea, and his father Knud was raised on the ship-owner’s Ole Paus estate.

When Ibsen was young, his father’s fortunes severely declined, and the family had to sell their home in the central part of the town and move to their small summer house outside the city. His father’s financial misfortunes were later and inspiration for many of Ibsen’s works.

When Henrik Ibsen was 15 years old, he left school and went to live in a small town Grimstad, working as a pharmacist’s apprentice. At the time he also started to write plays. When he was 18 years old, Ibsen had an illegitimate child that he never saw but paid the mother for until t