Skien, 1828 - Cristianía (Oslo), 1906. Norwegian playwright, considered one of the renovators of the universal theater. From a young age he was a freethinker. He chose not to live in the Lutheran and conservative atmosphere of Christianity and in 1864 he began a voluntary exile of 27 years for Italy and Germany, period during which he wrote the bulk of his work. He returned to Norway at the age of 63 and died in 1906, being buried with honors as head of state. Ibsen is recognized throughout the world as the father of modern drama. The real success came with Casa de muñecas (1879). In his time, his works were considered scandalous by a society dominated by Victorian values, by questioning the dominant family and society model. His works have not lost validity and is one of the most contemporary non-contemporary authors. The theater of Ibsen influenced other authors of his time as in the then young Strindberg and Chekhov.