Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1899 — Henrik Ibsen. [ARTICLE]

Henrik Ibsen.

Henrik Ibsen, the great Norwegian author, who has just completed his seventy-first year. Is of mixed German and Scottish descent He speaks the German language fluently; but, curiously enough, has not written any of his Important works In that tongue. He was originally Intended for the medical profession, but he was not long kept from his proper bent, for at the age of 22 bis first drama, “Catilina,” was produced. He was very shortly afterward appointed director of the Bergen Theater, and his subsequent career has been a record of hard work and triumph. His talents early received recognition, for before he was 40 he had a pension awarded to him by the Storthing. He is recognized as one of the leading apostles of realism and a dramatist who has been able to make a problem deeply Interesting.