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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

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Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish writer, playwright, and painter. Along with Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Selma Lagerlöf and Hans Christian Andersen he is arguably the most influential and famous of all Scandinavian authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theatre. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism. He is widely read in Sweden and internationally to this day.

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August Strindberg’s books

Average rating: 3.49 · 40,933 ratings · 2,342 reviews · 1,484 distinct works • Similar authors

	Miss Julie 3.45 avg rating — 14,962 ratings — published 1888 — 202 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Röda Rummet 3.28 avg rating — 3,497 ratings — published 1879 — 1295 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Dream Play by August Strindberg, Caryl Churchill (Adapter) 3.64 avg rating — 2,635 ratings — published 1901 — 61 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hemsöborna 3.34 avg rating — 2,513 ratings — published 1887 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Father 3.60 avg rating — 2,190 ratings — published 1887 — 131 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Miss Julie and Other Plays by August Strindberg, Michael Robinson (Translator) 3.79 avg rating — 1,354 ratings — published 1957 — 77 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The ghost sonata by August Strindberg (Writer), Laurence Senelick (Translator) 3.58 avg rating — 1,273 ratings — published 1907 — 224 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inferno 3.61 avg rating — 1,176 ratings — published 1897 — 210 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	En dåres försvarstal 3.67 avg rating — 820 ratings — published 1893 — 183 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dance of Death 3.62 avg rating — 638 ratings — published 1900 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by August Strindberg

Tjänstekvinnans son : en själs utvecklingshistoria (6 books)
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Quotes by August Strindberg (?)

“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

297 likes

“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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