Henrik Ibsen

Hi my name is Luciana . Most of my friends call me Lulu . I love to play soccer . I really liked reading The Alchemist this year . I think the title " A Doll's House " will be about a doll and her little house .  Henrik was born on March 20,1828 , Skien Norway . In 1868 Ibsen moved to Germany , where he wrote the play A Doll's House . He grew up in the small Norwegian Coastal town of Skien as the oldest of five children born to Knud and Marichen Ibsen . His father was a successful merchant and his mother painted , played the piano and loved to go to the theater . Ibsen also showed an interest in becoming an artist . 

Ibsen's family struggle when Ibsen was 8 because of problems with his father's business . They had to sell most of all their fortune to cover debts . The family had to move to a rundown farm near town , where Ibsen spent most of his time reading , painting and performing magic tricks . At 15 Ibsen stopped going to school and went to work to help his family . He took a job as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad . he worked there for six years . Later on Ibsen moved to Christiania in 1850 to prepare for university examinations to study at the University of Christiania . He made friends  that were also writers and artistic types .  In 1891 , Ibsen returned to Norway as a literary hero .  In 1900 , Ibsen had a series of strokes that left him unable to write . Ibsen died on May 23 , 1906 . His last words were " To the contrary" .  

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