Henrik Ibsen
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Henrik Ibsen was a pioneering 19th-century Norwegian playwright and poet, often called the "father of modern drama" for his realistic, psychologically complex plays such as "A Doll’s House" and "Hedda Gabler."
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Henrik Ibsen canonical | 39 |
| Henrik Johan Ibsen | 1 |
| Ibsen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Henrik Ibsen Context triple: [Molière, hasInfluenced, Henrik Ibsen]
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A.
August Strindberg
August Strindberg was a pioneering Swedish playwright, novelist, and essayist whose psychologically intense and formally innovative works helped lay the foundations of modern drama.
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B.
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for pioneering psychological literature in works such as "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil."
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C.
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill was a pioneering American playwright and Nobel laureate whose emotionally intense, innovative dramas, such as "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "The Iceman Cometh," transformed modern theater.
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D.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his sharp wit, social commentary, and works such as "Pygmalion" and "Man and Superman."
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E.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist whose mystical, introspective dramas made him a central figure of the Symbolist movement and earned him the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Henrik Ibsen Target entity description: Henrik Ibsen was a pioneering 19th-century Norwegian playwright and poet, often called the "father of modern drama" for his realistic, psychologically complex plays such as "A Doll’s House" and "Hedda Gabler."
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A.
August Strindberg
August Strindberg was a pioneering Swedish playwright, novelist, and essayist whose psychologically intense and formally innovative works helped lay the foundations of modern drama.
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B.
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun was a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for pioneering psychological literature in works such as "Hunger" and "Growth of the Soil."
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C.
Eugene O'Neill
Eugene O'Neill was a pioneering American playwright and Nobel laureate whose emotionally intense, innovative dramas, such as "Long Day's Journey Into Night" and "The Iceman Cometh," transformed modern theater.
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D.
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright, critic, and Nobel Prize laureate renowned for his sharp wit, social commentary, and works such as "Pygmalion" and "Man and Superman."
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E.
Maurice Maeterlinck
Maurice Maeterlinck was a Belgian playwright, poet, and essayist whose mystical, introspective dramas made him a central figure of the Symbolist movement and earned him the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dramatist
ⓘ
person ⓘ playwright ⓘ poet ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1828-03-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Skien
ⓘ
surface form:
Skien, Norway
|
| child | Sigurd Ibsen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Norway ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1906-05-23 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Oslo
ⓘ
surface form:
Kristiania, Norway
|
| ethnicGroup | Norwegians ⓘ |
| familyName |
Henrik Ibsen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Ibsen
|
| fieldOfWork |
literature
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| fullName |
Henrik Ibsen
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Henrik Johan Ibsen
|
| genre |
drama
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ |
| givenName | Henrik ⓘ |
| influenced |
Arthur Miller
ⓘ
August Strindberg ⓘ Eugene O'Neill ⓘ George Bernard Shaw ⓘ James Joyce ⓘ Tennessee Williams ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Norwegian ⓘ |
| movement |
modernism
ⓘ
realism ⓘ |
| notableAlias | father of modern drama ⓘ |
| notableFor |
psychological character studies
ⓘ
realistic drama ⓘ |
| notableWork |
A Doll’s House
ⓘ
surface form:
A Doll's House
An Enemy of the People ⓘ Brand ⓘ Ghosts ⓘ Hedda Gabler ⓘ Peer Gynt ⓘ Pillars of Society ⓘ Rosmersholm ⓘ A Master Builder ⓘ
surface form:
The Master Builder
The Wild Duck ⓘ When We Dead Awaken ⓘ |
| occupation |
playwright
ⓘ
poet ⓘ theatre director ⓘ |
| residence |
Dresden
ⓘ
surface form:
Dresden, Germany
Oslo ⓘ
surface form:
Kristiania, Norway
Munich ⓘ
surface form:
Munich, Germany
Rome ⓘ
surface form:
Rome, Italy
Skien ⓘ
surface form:
Skien, Norway
|
| spouse | Suzannah Ibsen ⓘ |
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Subject: Henrik Ibsen Description of subject: Henrik Ibsen was a pioneering 19th-century Norwegian playwright and poet, often called the "father of modern drama" for his realistic, psychologically complex plays such as "A Doll’s House" and "Hedda Gabler."
Referenced by (41)
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