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Henrik Ibsen, poet and playwright was born in Skein, Norway, in 1828. His creative work spanned 50 years, from 1849-1899, and included 25 plays and numerous poems. During his middle, romantic period (1840-1875), Ibsen wrote two important dramatic poems, Brand and Peer Gynt, while the period from 1875-1899 saw the creation of 11 realistic plays with contemporary settings, the most famous of which are A Doll's House, Ghosts, Hedda Gabler, and The Wild Duck. Henrik Ibsen died in Christiania (now Oslo), Norway in 1906. (Bowker Author Biography) — biography from A Doll's House… (more)
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(nor)**Henrik Ibsens skrifter utgitt fra 2005-2010. Bestående av 2 serier: 1) Henrik Ibsens skrifter & 2) Henrik Ibsens skrifter, kommentarbind. Serien har ialt 16 tvillingbind.**
Ibsen started writing plays in 1849 but was not successful until "Brand," a dramatic poem published in 1866. "A Doll's House" was the play that finally made him internationally famous about 10 years after it was written in 1879. He suffered a stroke in 1900 and stopped writing after that.
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