MOSCOW, February 28 (RIA Novosti) - Four exhibitions paying tribute to famous Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen will open in Moscow as part of the international commemoration, Ibsen Year, marking the 100th anniversary of the writer's death.

Yekaterina Geniyeva, the director of the Library of Foreign Languages, which will host the exhibitions, said, "This anniversary will make it possible to revive the readerships' interest in the great Norwegian author."

The four shows, opening March 2 as part of the Intercultural Dialogue: Russia-Norway project, will feature artwork by contemporary Norwegian painter Frans Widerberg and Russian photographer Sergei Shiyan, as well as a host of books by and about Ibsen.

One of the newly released books in Russia marking Ibsen's death is "Judge and Builder: Writers of Russia and the West on Henrik Ibsen," a collection of essays by writers, playwrights, stage directors, actors, philosophers and politicians.

Ibsen's work was especially popular in Russia at the turn of the 20th century and had a strong influence on the development of Russian drama.