![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He landed a position as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. There, Ibsen spent much of his time reading, painting and performing magic tricks.Īt 15, Ibsen stopped school and went to work. Nearly all traces of their previous affluence had to be sold off to cover debts, and the family moved to a rundown farm near town. The family was thrown into poverty when Ibsen was 8 because of problems with his father's business. Ibsen himself expressed an interest in becoming an artist as well. His father was a successful merchant and his mother painted, played the piano and loved to go to the theater. He grew up in the small Norwegian coastal town of Skien as the oldest of five children born to Knud and Marichen Ibsen. ChildhoodĪs a child, Ibsen showed little sign of the theatrical genius he would become. He died on May 23, 1906, in Oslo, Norway. By 1891, Ibsen had returned to Norway a literary hero. In 1890, he wrote Hedda Gabler, creating one of theater's most notorious characters. In 1868, Ibsen moved to Germany, where he wrote one of his most famous works: the play A Doll's House. In 1862, he was exiled to Italy, where he wrote the tragedy Brand. Henrik Ibsen was born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. ![]()
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