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Wikipedia: Johan August Strindberg (was a Swedish playwright and writer. He is arguably the most influential of all Swedish authors and is considered to be the "father of modern literature" in Sweden. He is one of the most influential Scandinavian authors, along with Knut Hamsun, Henrik Ibsen, Søren Kierkegaard, Hans Christian Andersen and Karen Blixen.
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![Strindberg in his later years [Strindberg in his later years]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Strindberg_2_s.jpg)
![First Stockholm production of Strindberg's 1888 naturalistic play Miss Julie, staged at The People's Theatre in... [First Stockholm production of Strindberg's 1888 naturalistic play Miss Julie, staged at The People's Theatre in...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/MissJulie1906_s.jpg)
![Newspaper illustration of Strindberg's reception on his return to Stockholm on 20 October 1884 to face charges of... [Newspaper illustration of Strindberg's reception on his return to Stockholm on 20 October 1884 to face charges of...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Strindberg_27s_reception_in_Stockholm_20_10_1884_s.jpg)
![Self-portrait at Värmdö-Brevik, Tyresö Municipality, in 1891. [Self-portrait at Värmdö-Brevik, Tyresö Municipality, in 1891.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/August_Strindberg_photographic_selfportrait_1_s.jpg)
![Portrait by Edvard Munch (1892). [Portrait by Edvard Munch (1892).]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/August_Stindberg_s.jpg)
![Michael Chekhov as Erik in the 1921 production of August Strindberg's Erik XIV. [Michael Chekhov as Erik in the 1921 production of August Strindberg's Erik XIV.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Eric_XIV_M_Chekhov_1921_s.jpg)
![The school in Klara, Stockholm, whose harsh discipline haunted Strindberg in his adult life [The school in Klara, Stockholm, whose harsh discipline haunted Strindberg in his adult life]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Klara_skola_s.jpg)
![Portrait of Strindberg from April 1875. [Portrait of Strindberg from April 1875.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/August_Strindberg_April_1875_s.jpg)
![Strindberg's first wife, Siri von Essen, as Margit in Sir Bengt's Wife at the New Theatre [Strindberg's first wife, Siri von Essen, as Margit in Sir Bengt's Wife at the New Theatre]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Siri_von_Essen_Sir_Bengt_27s_Wife_Strindberg_1882_s.jpg)
![Photograph of August Strindberg [Photograph of August Strindberg]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/August_Strindberg_s.jpg)