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A pioneering Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen transformed the modern stage with sharp, psychologically rich dramas about family, freedom, morality, and social pressure. His enduring works include A Doll’s House, Hedda Gabler, Peer Gynt, and An Enemy of the People.

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Born in Skien, Norway, on March 20, 1828, Henrik Johan Ibsen became one of the most influential writers of the nineteenth century. He worked as a playwright, theatre director, and poet, and is widely associated with the rise of theatrical realism and modern drama.
Ibsen’s plays often challenged comfortable beliefs and exposed the tensions beneath respectable social life. Among his best-known works are Brand, Peer Gynt, A Doll’s House, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, The Master Builder, and Hedda Gabler. He died in Kristiania, Norway, on May 23, 1906.