Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.
She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. [1] She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaughter of world-famous writer Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), daughter of Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson) [2] and maternal granddaughter of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers). [3]
Irene Ibsen married Danish writer Steen Andersen Josias Christopher Bille (called Josias), a member of the ancient noble Bille family, in 1930, and moved to Denmark. [4] Her first dramatic work, Uten ansikt ('Faceless'), was published here. Kysset ('The Kiss') followed in 1965. In the same year she issued the novel Det leende vindu ('The Laughing Window'). [1] She died in February 1985. [4]
Ibsen Bille had three children from two marriages: Suzanna (with first husband, Mario Rocco, the daughter was named Rosetta), and Anders and Joen (with second husband Josias). Roughly a third of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants come from Irene's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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Irene Ibsen Bille (10 September 1901 – 22 February 1985) (née Irene Ibsen) was a Norwegian novelist and playwright.
She was born in Kristiania as a daughter of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen. [1] She was a sister of Tancred Ibsen, paternal granddaughter of world-famous writer Henrik Ibsen and Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), daughter of Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson) [2] and maternal granddaughter of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson and Karoline Bjørnson (née Reimers). [3]
Irene Ibsen married Danish writer Steen Andersen Josias Christopher Bille (called Josias), a member of the ancient noble Bille family, in 1930, and moved to Denmark. [4] Her first dramatic work, Uten ansikt ('Faceless'), was published here. Kysset ('The Kiss') followed in 1965. In the same year she issued the novel Det leende vindu ('The Laughing Window'). [1] She died in February 1985. [4]
Ibsen Bille had three children from two marriages: Suzanna (with first husband, Mario Rocco, the daughter was named Rosetta), and Anders and Joen (with second husband Josias). Roughly a third of Henrik Ibsen's living descendants come from Irene's grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
http://forum.arkivverket.no/topic/137114-51681-ibsen-etterkommere-i-italia/