August Strindberg
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About
Author, playwright, and poet who wrote the modern novel The Red Room. He is considered to be the father of modern Swedish literature.
Before Fame
He attended Uppsala University and the Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Trivia
He wrote the play Miss Julie, which was about class, love, lust, and competition between the sexes.
Family Life
He was married four times and had several children, and his last marriage was to Harriet Bosse.
Associated With
He was heavily influenced by his contempoary, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen.
