August Strindberg
August Strindberg, (1849-1912). Swedish dramatist. His unhappy childhood is described in the autobiographical The Son of a Servant (1886). He left university without a degree and became a writer. His earliest dramas were naturalistic ‘problem plays’ in the style of Ibsen. As a result of his emotional instability and his three unsuccessful marriages, his works became increasingly mysogynistic. The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and The Dance of Death (1901) are the best known. His last plays, such as The Ghost Sonata, had an important influence on the symbolist movement.
