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Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906)

Author of A Doll's House

Includes the names: H. Ibsen, Henrik Ibsen, Henryk Ibsen, Henrik Johan Ibsen, הנריק איבסן, Генрик Ибсен
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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.**

A Doll's House 5,233 copies, 84 reviews
Peer Gynt 1,559 copies, 20 reviews
Hedda Gabler 1,515 copies, 23 reviews
Ghosts 800 copies, 16 reviews
An Enemy of the People (Author) 729 copies, 14 reviews
The Wild Duck 605 copies, 11 reviews
Brand (Author) 359 copies, 5 reviews
The Master Builder (Author) 261 copies, 5 reviews
The Lady From The Sea (Author) 162 copies, 1 review
Samlede verker (Author) 128 copies, 1 review
Rosmersholm (Author) 119 copies, 6 reviews
When We Dead Awaken (Author) 105 copies, 2 reviews
John Gabriel Borkman (Author) 100 copies
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Ghosts / The Wild Duck / The Master Builder (Author) 79 copies, 1 review
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The Pretenders (Author) 49 copies, 2 reviews
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Love's Comedy (Author) 35 copies
A Doll's House / Ghosts (Author) 35 copies, 1 review
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Teatre 27 copies, 2 reviews
Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder (Author) 26 copies, 1 review
Ghosts / The Wild Duck (Author) 21 copies
Samlede verker. B.2 (Author) 21 copies
The Vikings at Helgeland (Author) 19 copies
The League of Youth (Author) 18 copies
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Drammi 16 copies
Lady Inger of Östrat (Author) 15 copies, 1 review
Catilina (Author) 15 copies, 1 review
Dikt 14 copies
Sämtliche Werke (Author) 12 copies
Pjäser. 2 12 copies
The Henrik Ibsen Collection (Original stories) 9 copies
Peer Gynt: Hedda Gabler (Author) 9 copies
Pjäser. 1 9 copies
Három dráma 8 copies
Théâtre 8 copies
Ibsens beste 8 copies
Teatro completo 8 copies, 1 review
Toneel 6 copies
Drammi 5 copies
The Burial Mound (Author) 4 copies
Plays 3 copies
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Hedda Gabler 3 copies
Prose Dramas 3 copies
Terjevigen 3 copies
Näidendid 2 copies
The Wild Duck (Original play) 2 copies, 1 review
Samtidsdramatik. 1 2 copies, 1 review
Dramaty 2 copies
Samtidsdramatik. 2 (Author) 2 copies, 1 review
Fyra pjäser 2 copies
Die grossen Dramen (Author) 2 copies
Ord av Ibsen 2 copies
Пьесы 1 copy
Werke 1 copy
Izlase 1 copy
I drammi 1 copy
Hry III 1 copy
Dramen II 1 copy
Digte 1 copy
Драмы 1 copy
Dramen I 1 copy
Dramen 1 copy
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Dramen 2 1 copy
Dramen 1 1 copy
Die Dramen 1 copy
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Poesie 1 copy
Ibsensitat 1 copy
Plays, The 1 copy
På viddene (audiobook) 1 copy, 1 review
Hry I. 1 copy
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (Contributor, some editions) 897 copies, 7 reviews
Six Great Modern Plays (Contributor) 454 copies, 2 reviews
The Rag and Bone Shop of the Heart: A Poetry Anthology (Contributor) 381 copies, 3 reviews
Eight Great Tragedies (Contributor) 378 copies, 1 review
Literature: The Human Experience (Contributor) 332 copies
The Essential Feminist Reader (Contributor) 304 copies, 3 reviews
Masterpieces of the Drama (Contributor) 173 copies, 2 reviews
Four Modern Plays (First Series) (Contributor) 88 copies
Contemporary Drama: 15 Plays (Contributor) 67 copies, 1 review
Modern and Contemporary Drama (Contributor) 43 copies, 1 review
14 great plays (Contributor) 31 copies
15 International One-Act Plays (Contributor) 30 copies

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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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