WRITER

August Strindberg

1849 - 1912

Photo of August Strindberg

Icon of person August Strindberg

Johan August Strindberg (; Swedish: [ˈǒːɡɵst ˈstrɪ̂nːdbærj] ; 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 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. 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. From his earliest work, Strindberg developed innovative forms of dramatic action, language, and visual composition. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. August Strindberg is the 136th most popular writer (down from 109th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Sweden (down from 10th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Writer.

August Strindberg is most famous for his writing. He was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of August Strindberg by language

Loading...

Among WRITERS

Among writers, August Strindberg ranks 136 out of 7,302. Before him are Jean de La Fontaine, Ezra Pound, François Villon, Günter Grass, Haruki Murakami, and Jean Cocteau. After him are Charles Bukowski, Jonathan Swift, Paul Verlaine, Lewis Carroll, Boris Pasternak, and Dr. Seuss.

Most Popular Writers in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, August Strindberg ranks 2. Before him is Ivan Pavlov. After him are Bertha Benz, Édouard-Henri Avril, August von Mackensen, Muhammad Abduh, Blanche Monnier, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Bernhard von Bülow, Felix Klein, Alfred von Tirpitz, and W. T. Stead. Among people deceased in 1912, August Strindberg ranks 5. Before him are Emperor Meiji, Henri Poincaré, Joseph Lister, and Robert Falcon Scott. After him are Thomas Andrews, Frédéric Passy, Auguste Beernaert, Jules Massenet, Bram Stoker, Edward Smith, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.

Others Born in 1849

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1912

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, August Strindberg ranks 13 out of 1,879. Before him are Selma Lagerlöf (1858), Tycho Brahe (1546), Anders Celsius (1701), Ingmar Bergman (1918), Svante Arrhenius (1859), and Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden (1882). After him are Olof Palme (1927), Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779), Oscar II of Sweden (1829), Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Charles XII of Sweden (1682), and Ingrid Bergman (1915).

Others born in Sweden

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among WRITERS In Sweden

Among writers born in Sweden, August Strindberg ranks 3. Before him are Astrid Lindgren (1907), and Selma Lagerlöf (1858). After him are Tomas Tranströmer (1931), Pär Lagerkvist (1891), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Martinson (1904), Verner von Heidenstam (1859), Henning Mankell (1948), Stieg Larsson (1954), Jan Guillou (1944), and Ellen Key (1849).

Swedish born Writers

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous