Playwright · 1828 – 1906
Henrik Ibsen
Little-Known Facts
- The door Nora slams at the end of A Doll's House was said to 'echo across Europe'.
- He spent 27 years living abroad, mostly in Italy and Germany, while writing about Norway.
Myths & Misconceptions
Why was A Doll's House controversial?
Its ending — a wife leaving her husband and children to find herself — scandalized 19th-century audiences and made it a landmark of debate about women's roles.