Strindberg august biography

Swedish writer and painter (–)

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Johan August Strindberg (;^[1]Swedish:[ˈǒːɡɵstˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj]^ⓘ; 22 January &#;&#; 14 May ) was a Swedishplaywright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.^[2][3][4] 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 politics during his career, which spanned four decades.^[5] A bold experimenter and iconoclast throughout his life, he explored a wide range of dramatic methods and purposes, from naturalistic tragedy, monodrama, and historical plays to his anticipations of expressionist and surrealist dramatic techniques.^[6][7] From his earliest work, Strindberg developed