August Strindberg
Johan August Strindberg, born in 1849 in Stockholm, Sweden, was a Swedish
playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. Raised in a family connected
to shipping, he worked as a substitute schoolteacher, private tutor and
journalist. His novel Röda rummet (The Red Room), published in 1879, made him
famous throughout Scandinavia and established his reputation in Swedish
literature. He went on to write celebrated plays such as The Father and Miss
Julie, and from 1907 he helped run the Intimate Theatre in Stockholm. He
remained active as a writer until his death in 1912 in Stockh...
