Ibsen commemoration in Kathmandu

The year 2006 will mark the 100th anniversary of the death of the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen. The Norwegian Ministry of Cultural Affairs has decided that this is to be commemorated as the Ibsen Year all over the world. Throughout ... + More

The four dramas Ibsen published in the years 1877-82, Pillars of Society, A Doll's House, Ghosts and An Enemy of the People are characterised as realistic contemporary dramas or problem dramas. In the main there are four aspects of these ... + More

Henrik Ibsen is the most widely performed dramatist after Shakespeare. At least one of his plays is performed on a stage somewhere in the world every single day. Ibsen has also inspired artists in many other fields. The web portal ... + More

Ibsen wrote poems all through his life as a writer, but mainly during the first half, up to 1875. After that he almost gave up verse as a form of literature. Ibsen's very earliest poems – written while he was living in Grimstad – were ... + More