History Creator / AugustStrindberg

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Due to his far-left (albeit... complicated) opinions, Strindberg was fairly heavily promoted within the Soviet bloc.

UsefulNotes/{{Swed|en}}ish playwright, novelist, political activist and general "cultural personality" around the later half of the 19th and earliest parts of the 20th century. Controversial both in his own age and today (especially loathed by students forced to read his works), he was a major influence not only on Swedish literature but on modern drama in general. Considered Creator/WilliamShakespeare to be a major inspiration (but then again, what dramatist doesn't?)

* ''Literature/ThePeopleOfHemsö''

-->--'''August Strindberg'''

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* AwfulWeddedLife: Sometimes comedically, but more often played for drama.

* DestructiveRomance: ''Theatre/MissJulie'' especially, but others as well.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even the plays that aren't historical tend to come across as this, since by now they are over a hundred years old. Not helped by his tendency to include (often thinly veiled) versions of people he disliked.

* AwfulWeddedLife: Sometimes comedically, but more often played for dysfunction, tragedy, madness and so forth.

* AbusiveParents: ''The Pelican'' among many, many others.
* AuthorAvatar: Most notable in his dramatized autobiographical novels, obviously.
* AristocratsAreEvil: This one too.

* CreatorBreakdown: Known as the "Inferno-crisis", the novel ''{{Inferno}}'' is based on Strindberg's own experiences (the degree to which these are dramatized is a perennial subject for literary studies-folks) following his divorce. The crisis included several psychotic episodes, including Strindberg believing his friends were trying to murder him, and led to him being hospitalised.
* DeadPanSnarker: One of his favourite character types, many of his plays involves two people more or less snarking each other to death and/or misery
* DestructiveRomance: ''MissJulie'' especially, but others as well.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: The main conflict in ''Fathers'' is over how the raise the couple's daughter. Since divorce isn't an option and neither party would agree to the other, it ends with one party having the other committed to the BedlamHouse...
* DownerEnding: Fairly common.

* ParentalAbandonment
* SanitySlippage: ''{{Inferno}}'' obviously.
* TrollingCreator: Famous for it.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even the plays that aren't historical tends to come across as this, since by now they are over a hundred years old. Not helped by his tendency to include (often thinly veiled) versions of people he disliked.
* UpperClassTwit: One of his favourite victims.

-->''Some people have accused my tragedy of being too sad, as though one desired a merry tragedy. People clamor for Enjoyment as though Enjoyment consisted in being foolish. I find enjoyment in the powerful and terrible struggles of life; and the capability of experiencing something, of learning something, gives me pleasure.''
-->AUGUST STRINDBERG


Swedish playwright, novelist, political activist and general "cultural personality" around the later half of the 19th and earliest parts of the 20th century. Controversial both in his own age and today (especially loathed by students forced to read his works) he was a major influence not only on swedish literature but on modern drama in general. Considered WilliamShakespeare to be a major inspiration. (but then again, what dramatist doesen't?)

Led a complicated life, married, had an acrimonious divorce, went insane (or possibly not) and ended his life in the middle of a controversy where he had angered most of the conservative establishment. Strindberg was (at times, his opinions often changed radically) rabidly misogynist, but his plays often deal with the complexities of power and family life (whose conventional norms he criticized) leaving subsequent generations to wonder exactly how much he meant and how much was a performance. (something that applied to Strindberg in general)

Also, in bad need of some WikiMagic for his works.

He's one of those authors that gets last name privilegies: He's almost always just referred to as Strindberg.

!! Notable works by August Strindberg:
* ''Theatre/MasterOlof''
* ''Literature/ThePeopleOfHemsö''
* ''Theatre/MissJulie''
* ''Theatre/TheDanceOfDeath''
* ''Theatre/ADreamPlay''
* ''Theatre/TheGhostSonata''
* ''Literature/InfernoAugustStrindberg''
* ''Literature/BlackBanners''
* ''Literature/TheRedRoom''

* DeadPanSnarker: One of his favourite character types, many of his plays involves two people more or less snarking each other to death and/or misery.
* TrollingCreator: Famous for it.

* AbusiveParents: ''The Pelican'' among many, many others.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Due to his far-left (albeit... complicated) opinions, Strindberg was fairly heavily promoted within the Soviet bloc.

* AristocratsAreEvil: This one too.
* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Even the plays that aren't historical tends to come across as this, since by now they are over a hundred years old. Not helped by his tendency to include (often thinly veiled) versions of people he disliked.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Sometimes comedically, but more often played for dysfunction, tragedy, madness and so forth.
* DestructiveRomance: ''MissJulie'' especially, but others as well.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: The main conflict in ''Fathers'' is over how the raise the couple's daughter. Since divorce isn't an option and neither party would agree to the other, it ends with one party having the other committed to the BedlamHouse...

* ''Literature/ThePeopleOfHemsö''

* ''Literature/{{Inferno}}''

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* ParentalAbondonment