Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen, (1828-1906). Norwegian dramatist. His merchant father was ruined in 1836 and Ibsen left home at 16. After gaining experience in theatrical production in Bergen, he directed the theatre of Christiania (now. Oslo) from 1857 until its collapse five years later. In 1864 he moved to Rome, where he wrote the verse dramas Brand (1866) and Peer Gynt (1867), for which Grieg composed incidental music. Pillars of Society (1877) and A Doll’s House (1879) marked the beginning of a period of social dramas, including Ghosts (1881) and Hedda Gabler (1890). In 1891 he returned as a celebrity to Norway. A stroke in 1900 rendered him a helpless invalid.
“The majority never has right on its side. Never I say! That is one of the lies that a free thinking man is bound to rebel against.
You should never have your best trousers on when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
Henrik Ibsen, An Enemy of the People (1882)”
