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Playwright

Swedish playwright, novelist, and poet, known for his profound psychological portrayals and realistic style. Strindberg's works cover a wide range of themes, including family, society, and the moral dilemmas of individuals.

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All People Men August Children Inferno Love Soul Suffering Born Doe Evil Eye Happiness Hard Hatred Humans Imagination Knows Married Reality

Famous August Strindberg Quotes

“God preserve us from writers who regurgitate what they have learnt from books! It is people's secrets we want to know - it is the natural history of the human heart that we have been trying to put down for a thousand years and everyone must and can leave their contribution.”

People Knows Want Writing Trying Years Humans Heart Has Beens Book Natural Secret Thousand Preserves Contribution Thousand Years Human Heart Natural History

Author:August Strindberg

“[My characters are] conglomerations of past and present stages of civilization, bits from books and newspapers, scraps of humanity, rags and tatters of fine clothing, patched together as is the human soul”

Humans Book Soul Character Together Past Humanity Bits Stage Fine Civilization Newspapers Clothings Human Soul Scrap Rags Past And Present

Book:Twelve Major Plays

Source: Twelve Major Plays

“The world, life and human beings are only an illusion, a phantom, a dream image.”

World Humans Dream Human Beings Illusion Phantoms World Life

Book:Strindberg, Five Plays

Source: Strindberg, Five Plays

About the Author

Born: January 22, 1849
Died: May 14, 1912
Known for: Playwright
Quotes: 76

Books & Sources

Strindberg, Five PlaysRelated source material

The Son of a ServantRelated source material

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