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August Strindberg


Born
in Stockholm, Sweden
January 22, 1849

Died
May 14, 1912

Genre
Theatre, Fiction

Influences
Henrik Ibsen, Emanuel Swedenborg, Kierkegaard, Shakespeare, Friedrich ...more


Johan August Strindberg, a Swede, wrote psychological realism of noted novels and plays, including Miss Julie (1888) and The Dance of Death (1901).

Johan August Strindberg painted. He alongside Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf, Hans Christian Andersen, and Snorri Sturluson arguably most influenced of all famous Scandinavian authors. People know this father of modern theatre. His work falls into major literary movements of naturalism and expressionism. People widely read him internationally to this day.


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Average rating: 3.47 · 47,740 ratings · 3,101 reviews · 1,766 distinct works � Similar authors
Miss Julie
3.42 avg rating — 16,620 ratings — published 1888 — 37 editions
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Röda Rummet
3.24 avg rating — 4,252 ratings — published 1879 — 695 editions
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A Dream Play
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3.62 avg rating — 3,161 ratings — published 1901 — 63 editions
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3.33 avg rating — 2,935 ratings — published 1887 — 146 editions
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The Father
3.62 avg rating — 2,623 ratings — published 1887 — 127 editions
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Miss Julie and Other Plays
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3.77 avg rating — 1,592 ratings — published 1957 — 8 editions
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The ghost sonata
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3.56 avg rating — 1,607 ratings — published 1907 — 80 editions
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Inferno
3.58 avg rating — 1,415 ratings — published 1897 — 100 editions
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En dåres försvarstal
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3.63 avg rating — 1,014 ratings — published 1893 — 193 editions
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The Dance of Death
3.64 avg rating — 765 ratings — published 1900 — 109 editions
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“Life is not so idiotically mathematical that only the big eat the small; it is just as common for a bee to kill a lion or at least to drive it mad.”
― August Strindberg, Miss Julie
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“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.”
― August Strindberg, The ghost sonata
tags: blindness, poison, sight, vision
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“It's wonderful how, the moment you talk about God and love, your voice becomes hard, and your eyes fill with hatred. No, Margret, you certainly haven't the true faith.”
― August Strindberg, The Father
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Read a book published during the lifetime (years only) of one of these winter birthday authors:

Gerald Durrell (Jan 7) 1925-1995
 
  15 votes, 55.6%

Dorothy Canfield Fisher (Feb 17) 1879-1958
 
  10 votes, 37.0%

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Feb 27) 1807-1882
 
  1 vote, 3.7%

August Strindberg (Jan 24) 1849-1912
 
  1 vote, 3.7%

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