About Henrik Ibsen

Hey, my name is Kristina Collins and the thing that I have liked the most throughout English class this year is the books/stories we have read.

     The author of “A Doll’s House” is Henrik Ibsen. Ibsen was born on March 20^th, 1828 in Skien, Norway. He grew up in a small town. He was the oldest of five children. His father was a merchant and his mother painted, played piano, and loved to do theater work. His family went poor when he was 8 due to working problems with his dad. Ibsen spent most of his time reading and painting. When he was 15 he stopped going to school and got a job.

     In 1850, he started going to college at the University of Christiania. He did theater work quite often.In 1858, he got married and only had one child.  A while later in 1868, he moved to Germany where he wrote “A Doll’s House”. This play was about a woman named Nora who has to struggle with the role of being a wife and mother. In 1900, he had multiple strokes which left him unable to write. He then passed away on May 23^rd, 1906. 

I got this information from http://www.biography.com/people/henrik-ibsen-37014#early-works