I have included a link below to a fuller version of his
biography, but just to get you started, here are some essential facts. Henrik Ibsen was
born in Norway in 1828 as the oldest child of a well-to-do family. However, at seven,
his father went bankrupt and the family suffered changed circumstances as a result. He
was a real loner, an avid reader and someone who lived in his own world of the
imagination.
He actually started off in life wanting to be
a doctor, until his interests shifted towards literature. At 23 he became a stage
manager and playwright for a new theatre in Bergen. In spite of this, his early works
received negative attention and he was very poor. It was only with Brand
and Peer Gynt that he received success. Then he wrote
realistic dramas in prose, of which A Doll's House, written in 1879
is the most famous. Others include Ghosts, An Enemy of
the People, The Wild Duck, Hedda
Gabler and The Master Builder. His works became the foundation of modern
realistic drama. His plays are charged with social criticism.
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