Ibsen on the German Stage 1876–1918

Jens-Morten Hanssen is Associate Professor at the National Library of Norway. He earned a PhD degree in Ibsen studies at the University of Oslo in 2018 with a doctoral thesis on the early reception of Ibsen on the German stage. During 2001–2014, he was the editor of the trilingual website Ibsen.nb.no (formerly known as Ibsen.net). In 1997, he earned a cand. philol. degree in German literature with a thesis on Dr. Faustus by Thomas Mann. Since 2000, he has been heavily involved in building research infrastructure in Ibsen studies. His publications cover a wide range of topics related to Ibsen’s oeuvre. Recent article publications: “The Introduction of Bjørnson and Ibsen on the German Stage” (2016), “Otto Brahm’s Ibsen Cycle at the Lessingtheater in Berlin” (2015), “The Fusion of the Man and His Work: John Gabriel Borkman with Ibsen’s Mask” (2014)