Henrik Johan Ibsen (Norwegian: ['hnk 'psn] ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the father of realism" and is one of the founders of Modernism in theatre. His major works include Brand, Peer Gynt, An Enemy of the People, Emperor and Galilean, A Doll's House, Hedda Gabler, Ghosts, The Wild Duck, Rosmersholm, and The Master Builder. He is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and A Doll's House became the world's most performed play by the early 20th century.
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What in fact have I achieved, however much it may seem Bits and pieces trivialities. But here they won't tolerate anything else, or anything more. If I wanted to take one step in advance of the current views and opinions of the day, that would put paid to any power I have. Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society We are society's tools, neither more nor less. Go to Quote / Comment
The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. Go to Quote / Comment
People who don't know how to keep themselves healthy ought to have the decency to get themselves buried, and not waste time about it. Go to Quote / Comment
I am sticking as closely to my subject as I can; for my subject is precisely this, that it is the masses, the majority Go to Quote / Comment
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians. Go to Quote / Comment