August Strindberg, Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist (born 1849)

August Strindberg

Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)

Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg wrote more than 60 plays and more than 30 works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and…