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August Strindberg. Born at Stockholm, January 22, 1849;
died there, May 14, 1912. A Swedish dramatist and novelist,
a leader of modern Swedish literature. Among his plays
are "Master Olof" (1872), "Gilletshemlighet" (1880),
"Fadren" (1887), "Froken Julie" (1888), "Glaubiger"
(1889), "Till Damaskus" (1808), and a series of historical
dramas including "Gustavas Wasa," "Erik XIV.," "Gustavas
Adolphus," and "Carol XII." He wrote also "Roda rummet"
(1879), "Det nya riket" (1882), which provoked so much
criticism that the author left Sweden for a number of
years; "Svenska folket HELG OCH SOKEN" (1882), "GIFTAS"
(1884), "DIE BEICHTE EINES THOREN" (1893), "INFERNO"
(1897), written after one of his periodical attacks of
insanity; "EINSAM" (1903), an autobiographical novel; "DIE
GOTISCHEN ZIMMER" (1904), and many other volumes. He has
been called "the Shakspere of Sweden."
--_The Century Cyclopædia of Names_.