August Strindberg

Also known as A. Sṭrindberg, Augusts Strindbergs, August Johan Strindberg, Sutorintoberuku

schwedischer Schriftsteller und Künstler

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August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, poet, photographer, and painter. Born in Stockholm in 1849, he was educated at Uppsala University. His notable works include The Red Room, The Father, Miss Julie, and Inferno. He was influenced by Henrik Ibsen, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Brandes. Strindberg was associated with the naturalism and Symbolism movements.

He resided in Stockholm, Uppsala, and Berlin, and worked primarily in Stockholm. Strindberg was married to Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl, and Harriet Bosse. They had a child named Karin Smirnov. He died in Adolf Fredriks parish, Stockholm, in 1912 due to stomach cancer. His native language was Swedish, and his name in that language is Johan August Strindberg.

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Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Johan August Strindberg (22 January 1849–14 May 1912) was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist and painter. A prolific writer who often drew directly on his personal experience, Strindberg's career spanned four decades, during which time he wrote over sixty plays and more than thirty works of fiction, autobiography, history, cultural analysis, and politics. A bold experimenter and…

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Strindberg och Paris1963
August Strindberg's Burial1912

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Johan
Gender: male
Citizenship: Sweden
Place of birth: Stockholm
Place of death: Adolf Fredriks parish
Spouse: Harriet Bosse
Occupation: prose writer
Educated at: Uppsala University
Languages spoken: French
Native language: Swedish
Religion: atheism
Notable work: The People of Hemsö
Field of work: drama
Movement: Symbolism
Image: August Strindberg (Björkman 1912).jpg
Work location: Stockholm

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IPA transcription: ˌoːɡɵst ˈstrindbærʝ
Commons category: August Strindberg
date of birth: 1849-01-22
date of death: 1912-05-14
topic's main category: Category:August Strindberg
Commons Creator page: August Strindberg
influenced by: Emmanuel Swedenborg
Commons gallery: August Strindberg
name in native language: Johan August Strindberg
manner of death: natural causes
cause of death: stomach cancer
has works in the collection: Nordic Museum
pseudonym: Härved Ulf
date of burial or cremation: 1912-05-19
writing language: French
start of work period: 1869-00-00
end of work period: 1909-00-00
place of burial: Norra begravningsplatsen
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
ethnic group: Swedes
artist files at: Lund University Library
short name: August Strindberg
P8168: Saint-Herblain

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Works in European collections

22 objects attributed to August Strindberg, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Der Vater (Father)

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Egyedül

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Johan August Strindberg [ˌoːgɵst ˈstrindbærʝ] (* 22. Januar 1849 in Stockholm; † 14. Mai 1912 ebenda) war ein schwedischer Schriftsteller und Künstler. Er gilt als einer der wichtigsten schwedischen Autoren, besonders seine Dramen sind weltbekannt. Von den späten 1870er Jahren bis zu seinem Tod dominierte er die Literaturszene in Schweden, war umstritten und oft in persönliche Konflikte verwickelt. Zu seinem umfangreichen literarischen Werk gehören Romane, Novellen und Dramen, die zu den Klassikern schwedischer Literatur zählen.

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August Strindberg