Henrik Ibsen
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- March 20, 1828
- Died
- May 23, 1906 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Skien, Telemark, Norway
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 one of the most influential playwrights of his time. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, When We Dead Awaken, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He 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'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 facades, 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. He is widely regarded as the foremost playwright of the nineteenth century. He influenced other playwrights and novelists such as George Bernard Shaw, Oscar Wilde, Arthur Miller, James Joyce, Eugene O'Neill, and Miroslav Krleža. Ibsen was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1902, 1903, and 1904. Ibsen wrote his plays in Danish (the common written language of Denmark and Norway during his lifetime) and they were published by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Although most of his plays are set in Norway—often in places reminiscent of Skien, the port town where he grew up—Ibsen lived for 27 years in Italy and Germany, and rarely visited Norway during his most productive years. Born into a patrician merchant family, the intertwined Ibsen and Paus family, Ibsen shaped his dramas according to his family background and often modeled characters after family members. He was the father of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. Ibsen's dramas had a strong influence upon contemporary culture.
Known For
Filmography
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Hidden Waters
Movie · Original Story
Hedda
Movie · Theatre Play
Upiory
Movie · Author
Peer Gynt
Movie · Writer
Ghosts
Movie · Writer
Ett dockhem - från Dramaten
Movie · Theatre Play
Enemy of the People
Movie · Writer
The Master Builder
Movie · Writer
A Doll's House
Movie · Writer
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
Doll's House
Movie · Story
National Theatre Live: Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Gjengangere
Movie · Writer
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Author
Hedda
Movie · Theatre Play
The Daughter
Movie · Author
Solness
Movie · Theatre Play
Ghosts
Movie · Writer
Le Canard sauvage
Movie · Theatre Play
A Master Builder
Movie · Theatre Play
Apparition
Movie · Theatre Play
Et dukkehjem
Movie · Theatre Play
Ein Volksfeind
Movie · Writer
A Doll's House
Movie · Writer
Peer Gynt
Movie · Author
Une maison de poupée
Movie · Theatre Play
The Frost
Movie · Novel
Aakasha Gopuram
Movie · Story
Peer Gynt from the Streets
Movie · Original Story
Peer Gynt
Movie · Novel
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Author
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Theatre Play
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Baumeister Solness
Movie · Writer
Rosmersholm
Movie · Writer
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Screenplay
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Writer
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Sara
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt
TV · Theatre Play · 2 eps
A Doll's House
Movie · Writer
The Adventures of Peer Gynt
Movie · Original Concept
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Writer
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Theatre Play
Doctor Stockmann
Movie · Theatre Play
Vildanden
TV · Writer · 3 eps
The Master Builder
Movie · Writer
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Ghosts
Movie · Theatre Play
Theatre Night
TV · Theatre Play · 2 eps
La donna del mare
Movie · Writer
Ibsen's Motif
Movie · Theatre Play
Rosmersholm
Movie · Theatre Play
Staviteľ Solness
Movie · Theatre Play
The Wild Duck
Movie · Author
Little Eyolf
Movie · Writer
John Gabriel Borkman
Movie · Writer
American Playhouse
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Author
Un enemigo del pueblo
Movie · Writer
Byggmester Solness
Movie · Author
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Author
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Writer
Nora Helmer's Final Scene in Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House
Movie · Story
The Master Builder
Movie · Writer
The Lady from the Sea
Movie · Writer
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
John Gabriel Borkman
Movie · Writer
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Author
Ghosts
Movie · Writer
The Wild Duck
Movie · Theatre Play
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Movie · Theatre Play
Hedda
Movie · Theatre Play
Lady Inger of Ostrat
Movie · Theatre Play
The Lady from the Sea
Movie · Writer
Rosmersholm
Movie · Theatre Play
Nora Helmer
Movie · Author
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
A Doll's House
Movie · Writer
A Doll's House
Movie · Original Story
A Doll's House
Movie · Theatre Play
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Author
Divá kačka
Movie · Theatre Play
Opory společnosti
Movie · Theatre Play
The Enemy of the People
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt
Movie · Writer
The Wild Duck
Movie · Writer
Caso Especial
TV · Original Story · 1 ep
Stage 2
TV · Novel · 1 ep
Ett Dockhem
Movie · Theatre Play
The Wild Duck
Movie · Writer
Alta comedia
TV · Theatre Play · 2 eps
Hedda Gablerová
Movie · Theatre Play
Strašidla
Movie · Theatre Play
Casa di bambola
Movie · Writer
Peer Gynt
Movie · Author
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Writer
ITV Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Theatre Play
Gespenster
Movie · Theatre Play
NET Playhouse
TV · Writer · 1 ep
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Author, Theatre Play, Writer · 1 ep
John Gabriel Borkman
Movie · Theatre Play
Theatre 625
TV · Writer · 1 ep
The Wild Duck
Movie · Author
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Author
The Master Builder
Movie · Writer
Brand
Movie · Writer
A Doll's House
Movie · Original Story, Theatre Play
The Master Builder
Movie · Theatre Play
Nora
Movie · Theatre Play
Armchair Theatre
TV · Writer · 3 eps
Nora
Movie · Writer
Nora
Movie · Theatre Play
La dama del mar
Movie · Theatre Play
A Doll's House
Movie · Screenplay
The Lady from the Sea
Movie · Writer
Nora
Movie · Novel
Casa de muñecas
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt
Movie · Writer
An Enemy of the People
Movie · Theatre Play
Pillars of Society
Movie · Theatre Play
The House of Lies
Movie · Theatre Play, Writer
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Nora
Movie · Theatre Play
A Doll's House
Movie · Theatre Play
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt - 2. Teil: Peer Gynts Wanderjahre und Tod
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt - Part 1: Peer Gynt’s Youth
Movie · Theatre Play
Gli spettri
Movie · Theatre Play
A Doll's House
Movie · Theatre Play
Her Sacrifice
Movie · Theatre Play
A Man There Was
Movie · Story
A Doll's House
Movie · Theatre Play, Story
Hedda Gabler
Movie · Theatre Play
Pillars of Society
Movie · Theatre Play
Ghosts
Movie · Theatre Play
Brandt
Movie · Theatre Play
Ghosts
Movie · Theatre Play
Peer Gynt
Movie · Theatre Play
The Lady from the Sea
Movie · Theatre Play
Sins of the Father
Movie · Theatre Play
Pillars of Society
Movie · Writer
A Doll's House
Movie · Theatre Play