English class is Oday👌🏽 I only wish it started alittle later. I'm not a fan of waking up at 7 something to go to school and learn how to properly use the word 'The'. ( T_T)＼(^-^ ) Class has its funny moments which I enjoy, but enough about that, let's talk about the writer of our new 'amazing' book. Henrik Ibsen! Yay! Hooray! *\(^o^)/*
His childhood
Henrik Ibsen, born on March 20, 1828, in Skien, Norway. As a child, Ibsen show little to no sign of the theatrical genius he soon became. He grew up in a small Norwegain coastal town of Skien as the oldest of five. His father, Knud Ibsen, was a successful merchant and his mother, Marichen Ibsen, painted, played piano, and loved to go to the theater. At 15 Ibsen stopped going to school and started working. He worked as an apprentice in an apothecary in Grimstad. He worked for about six years. He used whatever free time he had to write poetry and paint.
His later years
One of Ibsen's friend's, Ole Schulerud, paid for the publication of Ibsen's first play Catilina, which didn't get much attention. The next year, Ibsen met a violinist and theater manager named, Ole Bull. Bull liked Ibsen and offered him a Jonas a writer and manager for the Norwegain Theater in Bergen. That position provided an intense tutorial on all things theatrical and even included traveling abroad to learn more about his craft.
Final years
In 1900, Ibsen had a series of strokes that left him unable to write. He somehow managed to live for several more years, but he was never fully there during most of this time. Ibsen died on May 23 1906. His last words were "To the contrary!" Considered a literary Titan at the time of his death, he received a state funeral from the Norwegian government.
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