Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright and theatre director. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include ''Brand'', ''Peer Gynt'', ''Emperor and Galilean'', ''A Doll's House'', ''Ghosts'', ''An Enemy of the People'', ''The Wild Duck'', ''Rosmersholm'', ''Hedda Gabler'', ''The Master Builder'', and ''When We Dead Awaken''. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and ''A Doll's House'' was the world's most performed play in 2006.Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth in Telemark since the mid-1500s. Both his parents belonged socially or biologically to the Paus family of Rising and Altenburggården—the extended family of the siblings Ole Paus and Hedevig Paus—and Ibsen described his own background as patrician. Ibsen established himself as a theater director in Norway during the 1850s and gained international recognition as a playwright with the plays ''Brand'' and ''Peer Gynt'' in the 1860s. From 1864, he lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, primarily in Rome, Dresden, and Munich, making only brief visits to Norway, before moving to Christiania in 1891. Most of Ibsen's plays are set in Norway, often in bourgeois environments and places reminiscent of Skien, and he frequently drew inspiration from family members. Ibsen's early poetic and cinematic play ''Peer Gynt'' has strong surreal elements. After ''Peer Gynt'' Ibsen abandoned verse and wrote in realistic prose. Several of his later dramas were considered scandalous to many of his era, when European theatre was expected to model strict morals of family life and propriety. Ibsen's later work examined the realities that lay behind the façades, revealing much that was disquieting to a number of his contemporaries. He had a critical eye and conducted a free inquiry into the conditions of life and issues of morality. In many critics' estimates ''The Wild Duck'' and ''Rosmersholm'' are "vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works"; Ibsen himself regarded ''Emperor and Galilean'' as his masterpiece.
Ibsen is often ranked as one of the most distinguished playwrights in the European tradition, and is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. Ibsen influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, and James Joyce. Considered a profound poetic dramatist, he is widely regarded as the most important playwright since Shakespeare. Shaw claimed that the new naturalism of Ibsen's plays had made Shakespeare obsolete. Ibsen is commonly described as the most famous Norwegian internationally. Ibsen wrote his plays in Dano-Norwegian,}} and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Provided by Wikipedia
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Hedda Gabler, and other plays by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Peer Gynt by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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John Gabriel Borkman by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Hedda Gabler by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Ghosts : a family drama in three acts by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Peer Gynt by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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The dolls' house by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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A doll's house by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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A doll's house by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Ghosts : a domestic tragedy in three acts by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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A doll's house ; Ghosts ; An enemy of the people by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Ghosts by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Three major plays : Peer Gynt, Rosmersholm, When we dead waken by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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The complete major prose plays by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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The master builder ; Pillars of society ; Hedda Gabler by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Letters and speeches by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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A doll's house by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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John Gabriel Borkman by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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The plays of Ibsen, volume IV by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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Letters and speeches by Ibsen, Henrik, 1828-1906
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