Henrik Ibsen

Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906). A Norwegian playwright and poet, born in the town of Skien, Norway. At the age of 22, he published his first play titled "Catiline." He was then hired as a playwright at the Bergen theater, where he wrote works such as "St. John's Night," "The Feast at Solhaug," "Lady Inger," among others. In 1857, he moved to the capital, Christiania (now Oslo), where he wrote the renowned "Love's Comedy," "The Pretenders," "Peer Gynt," and "Brand." He later traveled abroad, writing plays such as "An Enemy of the People," "A Doll's House," "The Pillars of Society," "The Wild Duck," "Hedda Gabler," and the incomparable in art and plot "Ghosts," which is considered his masterpiece. His last play was titled "When We Dead Awaken," published in 1900. He died in Christiania, Norway, at the age of 78, after five years of complete mental and physical decline.