August Strindberg

{{Audio|sv-August Strindberg.ogg|August Strindberg}} (full name Johan August Strindberg; January 22, 1849 – May 14, 1912) was a Swedish writer, playwright and painter. He is ranked among Sweden's most important authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theater. His work falls into two major literary movements, Naturalism and Expressionism.

Partial Bibliography

• The Outlaw, 1871
• From Fjerdingen and Svartbäcken, short stories, 1877
• Master Olof, drama, 1872
• The Red Room, novel, 1879
• Swedish People at Work and Play, social history, 1881-1882
• The New Country, novel, 1882
• Lucky Pehr, drama, 1883
• Swedish Destiny and Adventure, I-IV, short stories, 1882-1891
• Poetry in Verse and Prose, 1883
• Sleepwalker Awakens to the Day, fiction, 1884
• Married I-II, short stories, 1884-1886
• Utopian on Reality, short stories, 1885
• Son of a Servant, I-V, autobiography, 1886-1909
• Natives of Hemsö, novel, 1887
• The Defense's Speech of a Fool, 1887-1895
• The Father, drama, 1887
• Miss Julie, drama, 1888
• Life of an Island Lad, short story, 1888
• Pariah, 1889
• Among French Peasants, 1889
• Creditors, drama, 1888-1889
• The Dance of Death, 1900
• A Dream Play, drama, 1902
• The Ghost Sonata, 1907