Henrik Ibsen

Profession: Playwright

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Biography: Henrik Ibsen was a Norwegian playwright and director, known by some as the 'father of realism." His major works are numerous, and Ibsen was one of the most influential playwrights of his time: Brand (1865), Peer Gynt (1867), Emperor and Galilean (1873), The Wild Duck (1884), Rosmersholm (1886), and many more.

Ibsen is perhaps best known for his early play Peer Gynt, but the surrealistic verse of this work were put aside in his later plays for a more realistic prose. His later works can be read as social commentaries, peering past the facades of social propriety to see the disquieting truths which hid behind.

Born: March 20, 1828
Birthplace: Skien, Norway
Star Sign: Pisces

Died: May 23, 1906 (aged 78)
Cause of Death: Stroke