Ibsen+Biography

[|Henrik Ibsen] was born in Skien, a tiny coastoal town off the coast of Norway. His father was a well respected merchant, however his fianancial failure changed the families social class. When Ibsen was a child, he always dreamed of becoming an artist. Ibsen's school life was interrupted when he was 15 years old when he was apprenticed to a pharmacist. He wanted to be a pharmacist until he failed the university entrance exam. After he failed the exam, he decided that what he really wanted to do was be in the theatre. He directed over 150 plays and he became acquainted with proffesional techniques in the theatre. In 1859 he married Suzannah Thoresen, and had one child the next year named Sigurd. He then left Norway to study abroad, he was gone for 27 years, only returning to Norway on occasion to visit. During this time abroad he wrote stories which include "Hedda Gabler", and "A Doll's House"

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