Major Playwright Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. In 1868, Ibsen moved to Germany, where he wrote one of his most famous works: which is the play A Doll's House.  A Doll House is one of his major work. He died on May 23, 1906, in Oslo, Norway. During his childhood, Henrik Ibsen showed lisign of the theatrical genius he would become.

 He grew up in the small Norwegian . He isthe oldest of five children born to Knud and Marichen Ibsen. His father was a successful merchant and his mother painted, played the piano and loved to go to the theater. Ibsen himself also showed his interest to become an artist as well.

His family went through poverty when he was 8 years old. It was because of his father’s business. All traces of their previous affluence had to be sold off to pay their debts. Then, they have to move to the farm near town. There Ibsen spent much of his time reading, painting and performing magic tricks.

Ibsen stopped school when he was 15 and decided to work. He landed a position as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. Ibsen worked there for six years, using his limited free time to write poetry and paint. In 1849, he wrote his first play Catilina, a drama written in verse modeled after one of his great influences, William Shakespeare.