Strindberg

[ strind-burg, strin-; Swedish strin-bar-yuh ]

noun

1. Jo·han Au·gust [yoo, -hahn , ou, -g, oo, st], 1849–1912, Swedish novelist, dramatist, and essayist.

Strindberg

/ ˈstrɪndbærj; ˈstrɪndbɜːɡ /

noun

1. StrindbergAugust18491912MSwedishTHEATRE: dramatistWRITING: novelist August (ˈauɡʊst). 1849–1912, Swedish dramatist and novelist, whose plays include The Father (1887), Miss Julie (1888), and The Ghost Sonata (1907)

Example Sentences

The liberties he took with Shakespeare, Ibsen, Strindberg and O’Neill were at the service of exposing the dynamic core of their dramatic works.

From Los Angeles Times

She was intrigued to learn, for example, that “my great-grandfather’s half niece was married to August Strindberg, the Swedish playwright and all-around nasty person.”

From Seattle Times

In elucidating the way Ibsen, Strindberg and Chekhov established the foundation of modern drama, he opened minds to the revolutionary accomplishments of Pirandello, Brecht and Beckett.

From Los Angeles Times

If you can, you should visit: Standing there looking at Strindberg’s desk, with his pens, papers and books, gives writers a certain familiar feeling of discipline, dreams and isolation.

From New York Times

For all his cinematic eclecticism and exuberance, Trier belongs to a cultural tradition that includes Ibsen, Strindberg, Munch and Knausgaard — not the most whimsical company.

From New York Times