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اگوست استریندبرگ
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Swedish writer and painter (1849–1912)
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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 and resided in Stockholm, Uppsala, and Berlin. He died in Adolf Fredriks parish, Stockholm, in 1912. His notable works include The Red Room, The Father, Miss Julie, and Inferno.
Strindberg was associated with the naturalism and Symbolism movements. He was influenced by Henrik Ibsen, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Georg Brandes. He was married to Siri von Essen, Frida Uhl, and Harriet Bosse, and had a child named Karin Smirnov. His works are described in sources such as the Dictionary of Swedish National Biography and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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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…
Known for
- Strindberg och Paris1963
- August Strindberg's Burial1912
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Sweden
- Active from
- 1849
- Active to
- 1912
Discography
- Röda rummet2004
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- 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
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- August Strindberg
- date of birth
- 1849-01-22
- date of death
- 1912-05-14
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- influenced by
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- August Strindberg
- name in native language
- Johan August Strindberg
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
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- has works in the collection
- Nordic Museum
- pseudonym
- Härved Ulf
- date of burial or cremation
- 1912-05-19
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- French
- start of work period
- 1869-00-00
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- 1909-00-00
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- Q252312
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- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
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- Swedes
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- Lund University Library
- short name
- August Strindberg
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Works in European collections
22 objects attributed to اگوست استریندبرگ, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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