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IBSEN, HENRIK (1828-1906)

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Ibsen was Norway's greatest playwright. He is often called the first modern playwright. He wrote about the problems of society and of individual men and women. His plays shocked the audiences of his day. People were not used to watching ``psychological'' dramas about serious real- life problems.

Henrik Ibsen was born in Skien, Norway. He began to write as a young boy. He studied medicine, but gave it up to become a dramatist (writer of plays). Ibsen was also a stage manager and director of theaters in Christiania (now Oslo). He was awarded a travel scholarship and a ...

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