WRITER

Henrik Ibsen

1828 - 1906

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Henrik Johan Ibsen (; Norwegian: [ˈhɛ̀nrɪk ˈɪ̀psn̩]; 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 the most influential playwright of the 19th century, as well of one of the most influential playwrights in Western literature more generally. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Ghosts, An Enemy of the People, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, Hedda Gabler, The Master Builder, and When We Dead Awaken. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henrik Ibsen has received more than 3,623,159 page views. His biography is available in 112 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 111 in 2019). Henrik Ibsen is the 81st most popular writer (down from 64th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Norway (down from 5th in 2019) and the most popular Norwegian Writer.

Henrik Ibsen is most famous for his plays "A Doll's House" and "Hedda Gabler."

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  • 112

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  • 12.94

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  • 4.64

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Notable Works

Folkefiende
1883
Samlede Vaerker
1877
Peer Gynt
Drama
Among the masterpieces of world literature, this great verse drama by Norway's famed playwright humorously yet profoundly explores the virtues, vices, and follies common to all humanity as it follows the roguish life of a charming but arrogant young man. A literary delight since it was first published in 1875.
1867
A Doll's House
1889
Gengangere
Drama
1881
Hedda Gabler
1890

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Henrik Ibsen ranks 81 out of 7,302. Before him are Jorge Luis Borges, Václav Havel, Arthur Rimbaud, Maxim Gorky, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Hesiod. After him are François Rabelais, Miyamoto Musashi, Isaac Asimov, Daniel Defoe, Knut Hamsun, and Pablo Neruda.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1828, Henrik Ibsen ranks 4. Before him are Leo Tolstoy, Jules Verne, and Henry Dunant. After him are Saigō Takamori, Rani of Jhansi, Hippolyte Taine, Charbel Makhlouf, Randal Cremer, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Nikolay Chernyshevsky, and Ferdinand Cohn. Among people deceased in 1906, Henrik Ibsen ranks 3. Before him are Paul Cézanne, and Pierre Curie. After him are Christian IX of Denmark, Ludwig Boltzmann, Élie Ducommun, Archduke Otto of Austria, Susan B. Anthony, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Georgy Gapon, and Anton Arensky.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Henrik Ibsen ranks 6 out of 1,039. Before him are Edvard Munch (1863), Roald Amundsen (1872), Ragnar Lodbrok (850), Harald V of Norway (1937), and Edvard Grieg (1843). After him are Anni-Frid Lyngstad (1945), Knut Hamsun (1859), Niels Henrik Abel (1802), Fridtjof Nansen (1861), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), and Harald Fairhair (850).

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Among WRITERS In Norway

Among writers born in Norway, Henrik Ibsen ranks 1. After him are Knut Hamsun (1859), Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832), Jon Fosse (1959), Jo Nesbø (1960), Ivar Aasen (1813), Ludvig Holberg (1684), Jostein Gaarder (1952), Camilla Collett (1813), Arne Garborg (1851), Alexander Kielland (1849), and Peter Christen Asbjørnsen (1812).

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