![]() ![]() ![]() Syphilis, the disease that overcomes Oswald in Ghosts, first emerged in Europe the 15th century. ![]() He is often considered to be “the father of realism” in drama, and is also thought of as a pioneer of Modernism. He is now one of the world’s most famous playwrights, and his work is performed more often than that of any other playwright except Shakespeare. ![]() He returned to Norway in 1891 and died in Oslo in 1906 after suffering several strokes. After his initial unsuccessful years, Ibsen became more popular as a writer, although his plays were often thought of as scandalous and inappropriate. He later moved to Dresden, Germany, where he wrote his most famous play, A Doll’s House. In 1864 he left his wife and his five-year-old son, Sigurd (who grew up to become the Prime Minister of Norway) and moved to Sorrento, Italy. When he first began to write, though, he was quite unsuccessful, rendering himself and his wife extremely poor. After failing his university entrance exams, he decided he’d rather focus on writing than pursuing higher education. Henrik Ibsen was born into into a wealthy family in Skien, Norway in 1828. ![]()
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